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Originally posted by 12m8keall2c
reply to post by VoidHawk
The mere fact that he tried to avoid hitting the girl, only to have to ditch the bike in the process, would seem to demonstrate that he did everything in his power to avoid striking her in the first place. (?)
Sometimes an Accident is just that - An Accident.
Originally posted by roadgravel
Seems difficult to justify beating an injured man when he is down.
Originally posted by VoidHawk
Originally posted by roadgravel
Seems difficult to justify beating an injured man when he is down.
And when its your child?
Originally posted by Mianeye
Thats a tragic story.
One thing that allways bother me in shooting cases are, why kill?
You can use a gun to pacify a person, aim for the leg, the arm or whatever, you don't need to kill everytime, i see the same with US cops, they allways shoot to kill, even if it's a person with a knife on distance they empty the magasin in the guy...
Originally posted by Mianeye
Thats a tragic story.
You can use a gun to pacify a person, aim for the leg, the arm or whatever, you don't need to kill everytime,
Sounds like the father and cousin were more worried about beating someone up than the little girl.
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I had this thought as well.
I think I would have took the guys wallet, got a good look and got my kid to a hospital.
First things first.
Originally posted by Domo1
I don't understand what it would matter if the cop was driving recklessly. Either way if he felt his life was in danger, he would be justified. You don't get to beat someone to death because they made a mistake.
Sounds like the father and cousin were more worried about beating someone up than the little girl.
Originally posted by VoidHawk
Originally posted by roadgravel
Seems difficult to justify beating an injured man when he is down.
And when its your child?
When you decide to fire your gun, you have decided that you are ending a life.
Originally posted by Mianeye
reply to post by Domo1
When you decide to fire your gun, you have decided that you are ending a life.
Well, not where i live, the cops only pacify or fire warning shots when using guns.
They allmost allways get the guys alive, even in exstrem cases...
Originally posted by captainpudding
It should also be noted that when faced with the choice of helping his injured daughter or attacking an injured man, he chose to ignore his injured daughter.
Originally posted by SyphonX
Honestly, people are starting to say that the father just "went ballistic" and attacked the cop for no reason. Call me crazy, but it takes a little more than "an accident" for someone to randomly run up to a cop and start attacking him. Not only that, but supposedly a family member jumped in as well?
Definitely more to this. I wouldn't doubt it if the cop was being completely reckless.
Originally posted by SyphonX
Originally posted by captainpudding
It should also be noted that when faced with the choice of helping his injured daughter or attacking an injured man, he chose to ignore his injured daughter.
Complete BS.
Nowhere does it say this, you're literally pulling this out of nowhere. You just blindly assume because the story doesn't tell you otherwise, that he ignored his daughter.edit on 14-8-2012 by SyphonX because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by 12m8keall2c
You apparently haven't had children, and there's likely no way the father had any indication the guy was a cop ... just some dude that hit and injured his 4 year old daughter.
Dad went overboard, in this case, when his efforts would have been better served by attempting to help / aide his daughter ... or, Perhaps even, having had a better eye out on her in the first place - 10 o'Clock at night. (?)
Originally posted by 12m8keall2c
^^ whole lotta skirt / slip showing, there.^^
Taniyah Middleton and her 18-year-old cousin were crossing First Avenue at the same time an unnamed off-duty officer was riding his motorcycle on that road. Approaching the pair, the officer allegedly did not see them until it was too late, and in an effort to avoid them, jumped off his motorcycle. The motorcycle then skidded into the little girl.