Comments by "Scott Charney" (@scottcharney1091) on "Knife-Wielding Suspect Shot by California Cops After Allegedly Threatening to Stab Bystanders" video.

  1. If said teens do anything similar to this guy, trigger-happy Chicago cops will open fire.
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  2. Migrants, no matter their status, commit fewer crimes than US-born people.
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  3. You assume too much.
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  4.  @lmamon  That's a helpful Spanish lesson (I am serious), so here's an English lesson: you're right, should have*, *their partner.
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  5.  @lmamon  You're trying to have it both ways.
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  6.  @bonphone4222  It's not very dangerous.
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  7. There is no connection.
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  8. You pulled that out of nowhere.
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  9.  @brian_m.  Educated how?
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  10. You don't know that.
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  11. Yeah, but "Latino" can mean several generations in the US, in fact, for a lot of people in CA/AZ/NM/TX the border crossed them!
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  12. It's a hard one to learn, and it doesn't happen overnight. It takes time; people said the same thing about my great-grandparents (speaking Yiddish/Polish/Russian/Swedish) also.
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  13. It's not very dangerous. Far more cops die from car accidents than anything else.
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  14. You assume too much.
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  15. Kneecapping, a la the punishment the IRA was known to dish out, is only feasible when the target is unable to move. In a case like this, "shooting to wound" doesn't exist. Everyone, besides perhaps elite snipers, is trained to shoot for the center of mass. That minimizes the possibility of missing.
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  16.  @lmzaadi  An attacker can close the distance much more quickly that most people realize. One miss can get you stabbed.
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  17. As a matter of fact, social workers have been very helpful in situations involving mentally-unwell people.
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  18. Nonsense.
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  19. First, it's not open. Second, that has nothing to do with this.
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  20. ?
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  21. You're disingenuous.
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  22. You're right about the first part, and indeed professionals (social workers and the like) can be very helpful in de-escalating such situations. However, no, "shooting to wound" doesn't work. It's very difficult to shoot a handgun accurately, especially in a situation like this. Everyone is supposed to shoot "center of mass" (besides elite snipers who make head shots), because that makes the shot less likely to miss.
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  23. First, you don't know that. Second, so what?
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  24. CA's homicide rate is not among the worst in the country. Far from it, actually.
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  25.  @labitcoineragt3596  I just looked at the stats. L.A. is much, much safer in terms of homicide than quite a few other cities in the US.
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  26.  @labitcoineragt3596  The stats come from the usual sources- the FBI's Uniform Crime Reports, but there's also a different survey taken of crime victims. Yes, it's an inexact science. In any case, what part of L.A. were you in? Most of the city is apparently fine.
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  27. You don't know anything about his migration status. Besides, migrants commit less crime than US-born citizens.
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  28. You don't know what you're talking about. Social workers have been very helpful in de-escalating situations with mentally troubled people.
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