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  You’re totally right man. I’m the one not taking a nuanced approach to this situation. Obviously the kid had to be blasted. What was I thinking? There’s only one possible reaction you should have as a police officer in this situation and nothing else.
context: The problem is that police in North America have SO MANY unjustified shootings, that people assume the worst and side against police, even when justified ones happen. 
  This is a problem entirely of the police’s making. >
  
  In this day and age, not assuming the worst about the police can be a death sentence. >
  
  No it IS the assuming the worst, then panicking, resisting and running or fighting. >
  
  Plenty of people are murdered by police without ever resisting or running.  Thus, running is the only logical thing to do. >
  
  See: dude cleaning out his grandmother's apartment. >
  
  What I find interesting is the spin. It sounds like this was clearly justified or whathave you but forgetting that, if he has killed someone, the media would call him a 17 year old man. Just saying. >
  
  This one sounds justified to me. Cops need to be better. We need actual standards nationwide for police, I’m talking associates in criminal justice and training that emphasises deescalation first. >
  
  "The person on the bike got off, at which point the officer ordered him 
  to drop the knife, but he did not and stepped toward the officer, who 
  then fired his gun."
  Do not move towards the police when you are holding a weapon, especially after they draw their weapon and tell you to drop your weapon. >
  
  How do you people like you always find a way to justify this kind of thing. Jesus man. 
  You can watch videos of police in the UK and Europe successfully dearming and de escalating suspects with weapons. Those videos are what bravery really looks like.
  This cop, just like every cop in the US, is trained to see their lives as more important than civilians lives, so much so that the Supreme Court has ruled police don’t have a direct responsibility to save or protect you. Or even children for that matter. 
  The “person” is a child. 17 is a child. He shot a kid because he didn’t think this kids life is worth saving. If someone can react this way in this situation, they could easily react that way with you or someone you know and love.  
  IDC If this kid actually had an intention to lunge at the cop, police officers have more than just guns and tasers at their disposal but too many people want to justify inflicting the maximum amount of force on a suspect that they think they can get away with. >
  
  That’s got nothing to do with the point I’m making man. I’m saying that I’m other countries they focus a lot more training on de escalation and de arming suspects with weapons. But in the United States, our police officers are mostly trained to shoot to kill if they see a weapon being brandished without the suspect having used said weapon to harm someone. 
  You’re also taking my comment out of context to the fact that in this instance, this police officer shot a kid as a first response instead of trying to find a way to de escalate or disarm this kid. 
  You can downvote me all you want but this shit happens to people without weapons as well. And people like you will find a way to try to justify the situation. 
  Cops kill 3 civilians on average every day in the United States. Cops do not need to even see a weapon for them to shoot someone and get away with it. It happens all the time. 
  How can anyone look at the current state of police in the United States and not think that there’s something wrong with how our society handles policing? Do you guys think Brianna Taylor and Tyre Nichols and George Floyd are one offs?
  But of course you don’t give a shit about any of that. Because you’re on Reddit trying to post random links that have nothing to do with my discourse or the ongoing discourse people are having about police brutality in the United States. 
  You should though. This doesn’t just happen to black and brown people. This happens to everyone. Cops shoot more unarmed white people in America than they do black and brown people. But the level of black and brown people being killed (let alone shot and still living) in the United States is still disproportionate. 
  Leave it to redditors to completely devalue the lives of civilians though. >
  
  Nuance. You should learn about it.