Agreed. 1 year away from being able to vote or join the army. To see so many people treat them like children makes me think this era of coddling teens has gotten to a point where maybe we should be raising the legal age of everything. Can’t drive until you’re 18, vote until you’re 21, join the army or win the lottery…

Brilliant, you sound like the type of person who should never have children. This idea that teens HAVE to do dumb shit is ridiculous. There was a whole group of us in school that never did anything stupid that would risk our lives. But the one kid trying to jump over a bonfire was always known as the certifiable idiot…

Or maybe there’s something wrong with Americans, the lack of mental health care the government provides, and the complacent citizens who don’t seem to care enough to force government officials to take mental health issues more seriously. Instead they just whine that the cops can’t provide mental health…

This suspect wasn’t wearing a vest. Honestly now it just seems like we are arguing for the sake of arguing and it’s getting pointless.

Oop and here’s another. Very informative. But sure, keep telling yourself that you would shoot a knife-wielding man in the leg no problem or just simply use your incredible ninjitsu skills to wrestle it away form him. mhm mhm.

You sound like you live in a fantasy world where only perfect scenarios play out. Someone else posted this in the comments and I feel like it’s necessary to post again.

By “armor” do you mean a bullet proof vest? The neck is very exposed. The face is very exposed. People die from knife wounds all the time. They aren’t any less dangerous than a gun. You can’t expect an officer to see someone coming at them with a knife in their hand and to NOT reach for their gun. I am willing to…

If you are shooting someone, you understand that it could kill them. I’m sorry but if someone is attacking me then I’m going to defend myself, even if that means killing them. It’s human nature to preserve your own life. If you have 2 seconds you aren’t going to ponder the repercussions of possibly killing someone.…

Cool - like how? Let’s say a man lunges at you with a knife (swinging right near your carotid artery)- you have about 2 second to react. Do you talk him out of it or just use your mind control powers to stop him?

Thank you! All these keyboard warriors need a little perspective.

Since when were police expected to be officers/mental health workers/negotiators/krav maga experts? Why is it their fault and not a failure of America’s health system? Stop blaming the police and start blaming your shitty government

Cops aren’t mental health workers though. They shouldn’t be expected to deal with this. Should they have a mental health worker who goes on these calls with them? Sure, that could definitely help. But expecting a cop to have to be both a police officer and a therapist and an expert negotiator is going a long way. The…

No, cops are not trained to shoot the legs. This isn’t a movie. Moving targets are hard to shoot. You aim for the largest part of the body. If someone is lunging at you with a knife you don’t have time to think. You have to react, it’s going to be a reflex. You can either shoot or have your neck slashed because you…

Yes, but the UK also has less guns overall on the streets than America. When citizens in the US can open carry - the cops should have guns. Don’t be ridiculous. The two countries cannot be compared. If you don’t want American police to have guns, then the American public shouldn’t have guns either. Good luck with that.

Exactly!! The cops shouldn’t have to be playing mental health counsellor. They don’t have the training for that. If someone lunges at them with a knife, I wouldn’t be surprised to learn that they shot back in defence.

All it takes is a swipe at the carotid and a cop could bleed out in minutes. They aren’t made of steel and they are human beings who experience human emotions, such as fear. It’s easy to sit behind a computer and say “oh if someone was coming at ME with a knife, I would never draw my gun” but if you’ve never…

Or, you know, equivalent to death. Heart disease is a bitch.

It’s definitely endangering yourself and others to drive when you know the roads won’t be cleared. It’s going to slow down plows and it might require emergency services to come and save you if you get stuck. I think it’s perfectly reasonable to arrest people for being an idiot and making everyone else suffer because…

FINALLY! Some sense. I hate that I had to scroll this far down for it. If the people in these comments want Elliot locked up for his tweets, the Gawker keyboard warriors would be charged under the same standards.

Did you read the case at all? I see a lot of outrage in this thread and not a lot of factual information about the case. The reporting by Jezebel is, of course, also pretty biased. This idea that he was “stalking” them I see in the comments is insane - he mentioned a bar that the girls were at because they geotagged…