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Comment by spacechild1

8 hours ago

I'd like to see you stay calm when you suddenly get peppersprayed directly in the face and wrestled to the ground.

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kreetx  8 hours ago

Well, exactly. My recommendation would be not to carry a gun where there is law enforcement already there. Or if you do, don't resist capture.

I.e, I maintain that this was an accident. The police didn't want to shoot this person, nor did the person want to use his gun. But it appeared like that to both sides which then caused the event that followed.

  • spacechild1  8 hours ago

    I'm not claiming that the ICE agent wanted to shoot Alex. I think the shooting itself was a case of gross incompetence. However, they intentionally attacked and assaulted Alex without any immediate reason. How are supposed to stay calm when you get peppersprayed in the face out of the blue?

    • kreetx  7 hours ago

      The confiscated gun went off and the officers thought it came from the person being detained so they shot him. Waiting out to be shot would have been incompetent had he really been shooting.

      Alex put hands on the officers first so there was an apparent reason.

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