Lotsa folks are ok with however the cops act. I happen to believe, excessive force is beginning to be the norm.
DHS granting millions to law enforcement agencies around the country to beef up capabilities to para-military realm.
Cops are becoming super vigilant, Americans rights are being trampled.
Lots of y'all would be ok with this the measure of force against a little old lady. She’z holding a gun as well, why don't we just cap her?
With all respect, your comments indicate that you are not well versed in the use of firearms. The result of this is that your opinion is based not upon facts and knowledge, but upon feelings. A few facts:
1.)The pellet gun was realistic enough that the law enforcement officers were right to believe that the teenager was pointing a real firearm at them.
2.)The first rule of firearm safety is to assume that the gun is loaded.
3.)When defending against an armed assailant, the defender must aim for center mass. Winging an assailant is a Hollywood creation. So is the showdown, where the defender waits for the assailant to fire, then attempts to outdraw the assailant. It never happens because it cannot happen. Once an assailant fires, it's too late.
So while there are surely instances where cops use excessive force, this is not one of them. The cops did the right thing, the thing they were trained and paid to do to protect themselves and all those other children. Many of them my have had their lives ruined, just for putting themselves in mortal danger to protect others. So it is wrong for you to pile on and slander them the way you are doing.
I missed the part where she took it to a middle school and pointed it at police officers.