re: #243 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie

A lot here.

Nashville officer in shooting loses police power amid review

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As a Nashvillian, I’ll have to agree that all of the officers involved were extremely trigger-happy and that this should not have happened the way it did; I had literally just missed getting caught in the traffic jam caused by this, because I had just gotten to work a couple of exits away and had no idea this happened until the news alerts started to come down a while later.

I saw a video that shown up to right before the shooting started and, with as many officers were there, I see no reason why less-than-lethal means couldn’t have been used; they could have tased or maced him, then zerg-rushed him, but they all had their pistols drawn and used them to deadly effect.

I’m sorry, but every officer that discharged their weapons here needs to be decommissioned during the investigation, not just the officer that fired the last two rounds.