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Newly released video shows the moments when Los Angeles police opened fire on a man who as holding a plastic fork. The officers appear to fire several non lethal rounds as the man continued to move toward them. Officers initially responded to a 911 caller who claimed an armed homeless man was getting aggressive with an employee.

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[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 53 points 2 years ago

Can you blame them? Could you imagine if he was able to get away with killing them by letting them bleed out after taking 10 minutes to cause thousands of tiny puncture wounds without anyone that didn't have a gun being able to do anything about it?!

Do you know how many cops die from forkings every year? Well... neither do I, but it's probably a whole lot.

Typical anti-cop sentiment from around here.

[-] MisterCrisper@lemmy.world 47 points 2 years ago

Give them a break. They thought it was an acorn.

[-] Nudding@lemmy.world 46 points 2 years ago

7 cops couldn't take down a little guy with a plastic fork without killing him? How embarrassing.

[-] kn33@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago

But what if he poked them? That'd hurt, man. Can't take the risk.

[-] octopus_ink@lemmy.ml 22 points 2 years ago

Well, he's poor, and that's about as good as being black when it comes to police interactions. I guess they'll find no wrongdoing.

[-] bradorsomething@ttrpg.network 15 points 2 years ago

Why wasn’t there a good guy with a fork to stop him?

[-] guyrocket@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago

Good thing it was a fork and not a plastic knife. Plastic knives ARE lethal weapons.

[-] Alexstarfire@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Makes sense. Officers like to fork, not get forked.

[-] HurlingDurling@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

He said he wanted to eat bacon...

Fuck! I feel bad now!

I'm going to hell aren't I?

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