Comments by "D. San" (@DSan-kl2yc) on "Cop Shoots 13-Year-Old Boy With His Hands Up" video.

@GSP-76 a hammer and nothing are even more different.
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He got shot. He died. He just didn't want to be exploitative. The worst definitely happened.
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Exactly. That whole "I'm just trying to make it home alive" idea. At first it sounds sympathetic. But it justifies too many bad actions.
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The gun was already tossed. And that happened behind a fence. And if the dude saw that, it would just be more reason not to shoot him. Objectively this just shows the bad mentality cops have in the U.S.
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@OblateSpheroid did you not listen or read. The kid didn't do anything. Someone else shot. And he's 13. Whatever mistakes he made, he should have been allowed to grow up. There was a study that found that white kids who do crime are given more of a pass, and that most kids don't grow up to be criminals. They do mischief and then out grow it. But some kids aren't given that chance.
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@samkar2212 you can do both. Start from scratch. A department in NJ did it.
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@nickthompson1812 if the cop made some different choices the kid wouldn't be dead, and the cop, will hopefully be jailed, wouldn't have to be. Instead of seeing the need for police reform, you make excuses. I'm so tired of that line about cops lives over people's. His life isn't worth more. If the cop is so scared he should have quit. The kids hands were already raised. The dude told him to raise them. He wasn't shot as his hands were rising. They were already up. Dude killed a kid and instead of seeing something wrong with you, you shield cops from being accountable or having to be better. Because cops can be better. And we know exactly what it takes for it. So I don't understand this mentality of defending cops on this.
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There was a story of that a few years ago. A young black boy I think. Was playing with a toy gun outside. Someone called 911 and said they think it's a toy but y'know they weren't sure. Police show up and immediately kill this kid.
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@nickthompson1812 you know what you described? Manslaughter. You admit he accidentally killed someone for no reason. Whoopsie. Best case scenario, according to you is manslaughter. I'd say he killed a surrendering, armless person, for no reason. Which is exactly what happened. I don't understand how that scenario of killing a surrendering suspect is okay to you. Because we factually know that's what happened. That's uncontested. You'd rather kill a kid, surrendering and obeying you, when there's no gun in sight over the remote possibility of him what? Rolling for a gun, or being a speed draw champ who takes a gun out while his arms are raised and kills you. I don't know why you'd go this far. But don't be a cop.
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The training itself isn't focused on treating people like citizens or human beings either.
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I wonder. If he was you'd think he'd have shot earlier. It's like he had already made the decision but waited till he turned around.
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That middle one is kinda funny. So if the two are both cops, they want to beat each other up like beat em up robots
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That's part of training really. People don't realize that the philosophy taught is part of it.
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@zedzed4762 he didn't shoot anything as far as any reports say. But that's the dumbest thing anyone could say. You're okay with child murdering. You approve of child murder. More than that you approve of people being executed with trial. You approve of surrendering people being executed. That's your moral stance.
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@zedzed4762 yea it's on him that someone else shot him when he was complying and unarmed. I don't think you understand how you are saying you condone this by constantly justifying it. Kids do shit their parents tell them not to. Kids are influenced by things outside of their parents. But a 13 year old isn't even old enough that they could sign for something. But you're trying the personal responsibility thing on a kid.
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