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Florida man armed with garden shears survives gator attack before shot, killed by deputies (www.wesh.com)

submitted 3 weeks ago by Wilshire@sh.itjust.works to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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[–] elbarto777@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Bullshit, man.

Clock the dude with the handle of a pistol in his head.

Kick him in the balls.

Run away from him.

Blind him.

Not that I agree with some of those options, but my point is, executing a man who clearly needs help ain't it

[–] Diddlydee@feddit.uk 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Terrible ideas. The first two require you being up close, which is unnecessarily dangerous. The third means abandoning the other people at risk. The fourth is just sadistic and impractical.

[–] elbarto777@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

They may be. But my point is that you don't kill someone just because you don't want to explore other options.

A bit of thought experiment: man is belligerent. Man is trying to reach for a cop's weapon. Man is subdued somehow. Man goes to court, judge said "you tried to get thia cop's weapon? Guilty. Sentence: Death".

[–] spacesatan@leminal.space 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Run away. Great idea, now there's somebody undergoing a psychotic episode and acting violently running around with an assault rifle.

[–] elbarto777@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I didn't say the person got ahold of the rifle. That would be stupid.

[–] spacesatan@leminal.space -2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Ok fine, running around with a different weapon and acting violently. Still not something where the police should say "who cares, not my problem"

[–] elbarto777@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

I didn't say they leave the scene lol!

Just put some distance and re-assess.

Imagine if all of us acted like that. You have a brother, a daughter, an uncle with a mental breakdown, and the first thing a passer-by comes up with is "oh hell naw, let's kill this person!"