▲ 781 ▼ California officer shoots and kills boy, 15, holding gardening tool (www.theguardian.com) submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by juicy@lemmy.today to c/news@lemmy.world 380 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Prandom_returns@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) 15 yo with a hoe, vs. 2 "trained", "fit" men with weapons specifically designed to kill instantly with a twitch of a finger. Everywhere else in the world the kid would get a slap on the wrist, parents penalised, settled and sorted. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today -1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) Slap on the wrist? He spent the day trying to kill everyone around him, and you think he deserves a slap on the wrist? Parents penalized? Theit kid tries to kill them, and you're going to penalize them? The victims? Your value system is completely out of whack. Kid is a threat to himself and others, and should have been locked up. Whether as a patient in a psychological institution or an inmate in a correctional facility is an open question, but separation from society and professional supervision is not. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Prandom_returns@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) Yes, lock him up, that'll fix him! Fucking put him in a solitary, that does wonders to mental stability, scientifically proven! Of course he needs to be institutionalised, but I bet to fuck that this didn't just happened out of thin air and parents were neglecting symptoms. I bet they didn't want to / couldn't deal with it because of the insane (no pun) costs associated with it. (only in the USA, of course) Either way, shooting down an underage with a sharp stick is barbaric and medieval. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today -1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) Slap on the wrist? He spent the day trying to kill everyone around him, and you think he deserves a slap on the wrist? Parents penalized? Theit kid tries to kill them, and you're going to penalize them? The victims? Your value system is completely out of whack. Kid is a threat to himself and others, and should have been locked up. Whether as a patient in a psychological institution or an inmate in a correctional facility is an open question, but separation from society and professional supervision is not. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Prandom_returns@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) Yes, lock him up, that'll fix him! Fucking put him in a solitary, that does wonders to mental stability, scientifically proven! Of course he needs to be institutionalised, but I bet to fuck that this didn't just happened out of thin air and parents were neglecting symptoms. I bet they didn't want to / couldn't deal with it because of the insane (no pun) costs associated with it. (only in the USA, of course) Either way, shooting down an underage with a sharp stick is barbaric and medieval. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Prandom_returns@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) Yes, lock him up, that'll fix him! Fucking put him in a solitary, that does wonders to mental stability, scientifically proven! Of course he needs to be institutionalised, but I bet to fuck that this didn't just happened out of thin air and parents were neglecting symptoms. I bet they didn't want to / couldn't deal with it because of the insane (no pun) costs associated with it. (only in the USA, of course) Either way, shooting down an underage with a sharp stick is barbaric and medieval. permalink fedilink source parent