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“Force will be used against you?”  Like restraint, cuffs, maybe even a taser if there is resistance? How in the fuck is deadly force from multiple officers warranted in this situation? Another straight up murder and ridiculously disproportionate response by the police. That is sickening and I can’t comprehend how much more of this we have to see. 

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Not saying what the cops did was right but the background needs to be laid out that the cops got multiple calls about the guy waving and pointing a handgun at traffic. Ended up being a pellet gun hidden in his waistband.

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That Albuquerque shooting was from last year.  A little more to the backstory 
 

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Multiple callers had reported 57-year-old Roger Schafer was at the bus stop on Eubank near Copper NE one August afternoon. They said he was armed with a gun, tossing it from hand to hand, “pulling the action back” and pointing it at traffic.

By the time five officers approached him, fanned out in formation with their guns drawn, he was lying on the sidewalk, his arms over his eyes, using his belongings as a pillow.

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But the situation quickly changed, and three officers ended up firing at least 15 rounds at Schafer as they say he grabbed the gun stashed in his waistband. The gun turned out to be a semi-automatic BB pistol resembling a 9 mm handgun.

https://www.abqjournal.com/1380152/apd-man-shot-by-officers-in-august-was-armed-with-bb-gun.html
 

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