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California sheriff’s deputies kill 17-year-old boy with mental health issues
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 04 Apr 2024
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Does this happen every time or do we just hear about it when a worthless murder-pig gets an itchy trigger finger?
You're hearing about it because a cop got an itchy trigger finger. In any other place, they'd try talking the kid down and wouldn't bust down doors unless hostages were being taken.
95% of the time the police get there, say "yep they're mentally ill, but not doing anything illegal" and leave. That last 5% is trips to jail or the hospital (or both) and there's a fraction of a percentage that ends in a shooting.
No one wants to hear about the boring stuff, though.
There are over 700,000 cops in the US so if they all wanted to shoot at least one person a year each, we could see up to about 1,900 headlines a day. If evenly spread.
I guess that's why they have to take out their violent tendencies on their spouses and other people's dogs. Doesn't make the headlines so much.
Well of course we hear about it when something untoward happens. That's why it's news.