Columbus cop shoots knife-wielding girl

Seems like she was attacking two other girls with a knife: www.cnn.com/2021/04/21/us/ohio-columbus-police-shooting-15-year-old/index.html



That's a tough situation, all around. I've seen some claims that it was the girl who was killed who actually called the police. But if someone is coming at someone else with a knife, should an officer use deadly force to stop the attack or not? If the girl had not been shot but instead had continued her attack until police could reach her and had killed one of the other girls, would that be a better outcome? Even from a pr perspective, some would spin it as racist, ala "cops let black girl get murdered rather than stepping in to stop the attack."

The level of scrutiny with regard to every police encounter is making policing an impossible task. The calls to defund the police may soon not be necessary as people will just stop becoming cops and current cops will just stop actively policing.

On the Columbus shooting:



This is highly inappropriate, imo.

And how about this shit: thepostmillennial.com/blm-activist-says-police-shouldnt-use-a-weapon-to-stop-someone-from-getting-stabbed



Yeah, she really said/tweeted that. Another garbage human with a blue check mark.

ETA: Have to give the idiot queen her props:



I'm telling ya, cops are just gonna stop responding. Again, I think it beyond obvious that if the cops DIDN'T shoot and the other girl was stabbed and killed, these same people would be criticizing the cops for not shooting the perp to prevent a murder, would be saying that the cops didn't care if a black person got stabbed to death. Hell, Biden would be arguing that the cops should have shot her in the leg or hand to stop her...

People watch far too much Hollywood.

If there was ever a clear cut case for the use of deadly force, this is pretty much it.

Yeah, obviously based on the fact she was actively trying to attack people with a knife.

This is soooo disingenuous: www.vox.com/first-person/2021/4/22/22397731/makhia-bryant-police-shooting-black-lives-matter


The incidents are completely different, with regard to what officers had in front of them. And people--for the most part--aren't saying she "deserved to die."

Here's a far more comparable recent situation: www.opb.org/article/2021/04/17/portland-police-identify-man-shot-and-killed-by-officer-in-lents-park-shooting/

He apparently didn't have an actual gun, but rather an orange-tipped pellet gun. Tragic, to be sure, but not necessarily a case of wanton murder, just like with Bryant. Still, even here there are many differences. But at least it makes a little more sense than the clearly politicized Rittenhouse comparison.

And the Vox writer--like so many others--seems to have zero regard for anyone else in the moment, seems to think the world should stand still so the best possible outcome can simply be achieved.