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Comment by dismalaf

3 days ago

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In America we have the second amendment and open carry laws. Legally speaking, people openly carrying a weapon should not in itself be considered illegal.

  • I said "resist arrest while being armed and reaching for a gun"

    I didn't say "have a legal firearm".

    There's some key points in there.

    • Neither is true.

      He was on his knees with two officers holding his arms, another beating him in the head with some hard item while the one on grey disarmed him.

      Only after the person in grey moved a few meters away can you hear a gunshot and then they unload 10 or so shots.

      Seems like an accidental discharge or they thought he got his gun in his hand since it wasn't in the holster anymore. Either way, extreme incompetence shown once again by aggressive and untrained white supremacist thugs, which is exactly what they want.

    • He was disarmed before he was shot 11 times. I’m not all ACAB or anything, but literally part of the reason the constitution exists is to limit the use of force by the federal government.

      As a society we should be skeptical any time the government decides to use lethal force against it’s own civilians.