Seconds later, a shout rang out: “He’s got a gun!”

Body cam.

14 points

What, so the police can put anyone they want in a headlock but we can’t headlock back? /s

Seriously though, if it’s so threatening to get a cop in a headlock, enough that another cop feels they need to use deadly force to stop it, why are cops allowed to continue restraining someone who fights back against a headlock during an arrest?

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people are always wrong and cops are always right, duh.

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This implies cops aren’t people and honestly I’m OK with that.

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I mean realistically blue lives don’t exist. Not unless you’re talking about those folks from Kentucky

Edit: Bootlickers mad.

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They aren’t and yet no one treats them like the animals they are.

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Because when a cop is arresting someone, it’s not a mutual agreement to be in a fight. It’s not a friendly spar or anything like that

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“You are under arrest, sir!”

“I disagree, sir!”

“Marquess of Queensbury rules then?”

“Agreed!”

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In this particular situation, the use of deadly force was more so triggered by the fact that the guy was lying about having a weapon and then tries to pull said weapon during a search of his person. The headlock was not the key factor here.

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This isn’t even news. “Some dude was arrested” isn’t anything people need to read. It happens all the time. Things like this just make people think the world is a dangerous place.

While you were reading this comment, some dude was arrested. Do you really care about the specifics?

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Copaganda. Also the only time I’ve seen a working bodycam.

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Who TF down voted you? That’s absolutely 100% accurate

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Because dude pulled the I don’t have a weapon what’s this my gun and then headlock. That’s an unusual story. I’m anti-cop, but this was new and interesting to me.

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The world is a dangerous place though; there’s all these armed psychos driving around, shooting and beating people!

Sure, sometimes they arrest someone who deserves it, but that doesn’t make me exactly feel safe knowing they’re out there…

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It isn’t dangerous. The world is much safer than it was even 20 years ago. You are much more likely to be attacked by someone you know than “armed psychos” that you don’t know.

Look at any crime statistics; they all say the same. Or if you don’t like statistics, just watch Dateline or 20/20. It’s usually the boyfriend/girlfriend.

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The armed psychos they were talking about aren’t counted in the crime statistics, because they never get convicted of crimes. They just get put on administrative leave for a while, and then get brought back when the heat is off. Worst case scenario, they get fired, and move to another town to be an armed psycho there. And that only happens if the armed psycho union doesn’t scream bloody murder about it.

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Deadliest noogie ever.

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Whether or not he had a gun, you put an officer in a headlock and things will escalate.

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