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minus-squareTheHarpyEagle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·1 year agoI’m not trained in how to employ a tazer, but a cop probably should be. It seems like there ought to be some way to safely help a teenager having a mental breakdown without killing them.
minus-squareRivalarrivallinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down7·1 year ago I’m not trained in how to employ a tazer, Clearly. If you had been trained on the proper use of a taser, you would recognize that they can’t be effectively employed in the way you suggest. You might as well be arguing that the cop should have just shot the weapon out of the kid’s hands. It’s just as feasible.
I’m not trained in how to employ a tazer, but a cop probably should be.
It seems like there ought to be some way to safely help a teenager having a mental breakdown without killing them.
Clearly. If you had been trained on the proper use of a taser, you would recognize that they can’t be effectively employed in the way you suggest.
You might as well be arguing that the cop should have just shot the weapon out of the kid’s hands. It’s just as feasible.