(08-31-2021, 05:38 PM)TheO-LineMatters Wrote:

(08-31-2021, 05:24 PM)jagibelieve Wrote: The media has tarnished the truth regarding what happened that day and a certain segment of the population can't get over it.

It was a protest.  Nothing more and nothing less.  There were bad actors on both sides that took it too far, but it wasn't by any means an "insurrection".

I watched it unfold live on television while flipping through various news channels.  All that I saw were a lot of people carrying flags and pro-Trump signs.

The footage of the officer that murdered Ashley Babbitt shows no clear threat.  She may have broken through a barrier, but a woman her size was no clear threat other than being pissed off.  She was un-armed.

You are so biased, it blinds you.

Whatever...  As a former peace officer I have seen nothing that justifies deadly force.  Deadly force should only be used if there is an imminent threat to the officer's life, or the life of another.  There is nothing that I saw in the limited video that I have seen that justifies it.

Had she broken through completely she could have easily been controlled and taken into custody.  If others started coming through, again they could have been controlled.

I'm usually one that backs law enforcement officers in the case of deadly force.  In this case, it was wrong.

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