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Few-Afternoon-6276 t1_j2v247t wrote

Reply to comment by messypawprints in AG: Police shot and killed teenager allegedly armed with knife in Gilford | New Hampshire Public Radio by ACOdysseybeatsRDR2

Yeah they knew this family!! They own a huge boat yard, the give back to the community, they donated a skating arena( funds to build it), they are VERY WELL KNOWN…

Something isn’t right- how does one go from knife and stun gun to shooting -

This is another sad story … when will we learn how to deal with mental illness and deescalate?

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ACOdysseybeatsRDR2 OP t1_j2vkqgy wrote

I'm honestly worried the cop that shot drew their gun accidentally, remarkably scary how often that happens.

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Familiar_Stomach7861 t1_j2w9jev wrote

Okay hold up….I understand getting jumpy with an itchy trigger finger and accidentally squeezing without thinking…. BUT HOW IN THE FUCK DO YOU ACCIDENTALLY DRAW YOUR GUN WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT. You don’t accidentally pull your gun out of your holster….

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SheeEttin t1_j2wbvxz wrote

Insufficient training to build the proper muscle memory, maybe. I'm sure it doesn't help that tasers are gun-shaped.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/14/nyregion/taser-manslaughter-cases-kim-potter.html

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America_the_Horrific t1_j2wg68x wrote

It's not insufficient training, that's a bullshit cop out. It's what they are trained to do warrior training bullshit is rampant in US police departments and it ultimately boils down to "shoot first or you'll be shot"

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Vivid-Construction93 t1_j2ww1b5 wrote

You do know cops are severely undertrained for their jobs in most aspects right. And attending a rifle or pistol course isnt exactly training either especially when not every course is created equal

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masochist_malarky t1_j2yhwer wrote

Absolutely retarded take, you’ve clearly never had any sort of training or met anyone who’s ever been trained.

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interweb_gangsta t1_j2wr58v wrote

>And sure, I could be wrong. But I could also be right, and have been many times before about shit like this. It’s incredibly sad either way, but if this ends up being a child who desperately needed help but “fell through the cracks” and is dead today because nobody intervened until a shot was fired— it’s one more name on a long list of names failed by this state’s abysmal mental health resources and services

What are they doing then in the training? I see the police academy in Concord and they all march like 1 to have a lunch every single day. If they are not practicing pulling their weapons and how to make a difference between them then training is insufficient or police officer didn't meet the criteria to become one. Lastly - they might not have enough repetitive training. If a person was trained 5-10 years ago and if in those 5-10 years police officer never had to pull out a weapon then there has to be some sort of yearly and mandatory training.

This is very, very sad.

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