Spyke

one of the cop training courses promotes the idea that anyone with in like ... 22 feet of you ... has the potential to kill you.

so anytime they get close to a person that is "unsecured" and could "pose a threat" they use a lot of ready positions like a deadly tennis player looking to beat the odds on serve.

basically we are all perpetrators until proven otherwise.

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DaGeek247reply
fedia.io

I actually took some training about crowd/prisoner management back when I was in the army preparing for a deployment. Turns out a guy with a knife out who runs at you can usually get within stabbing distance, before a gun is drawn, anywhere within about 22 feet (or so).

If you assume everyone is out to get you because they're all murdering criminals, then yeah, gotta keep your hand on your gun whenever they're not social distancing enough. Fucking pigs.

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lemmy.world

I feel like they'd be muzzle flagging us at all times if they were allowed to

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anomnomreply
sh.itjust.works

While having us voluntarily handcuff ourselves behind our backs while lying face down.

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piefed.social

I can tell you from experience that I absolutely notice when police do this to me and it absolutely feels like a threat. Being a police officer in the US isn't even close to being the most dangerous profession but they treat every interaction as if this will be the one that kills them.

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piefed.social

In most states simply touching your holstered weapon during a confrontation is defined as Assault.

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Never grab your own weapon in front of a cop, what are you crazy? Grab theirs. Both problems solved, plus any new problems that arise? Now you have the tools to address those!

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For citizens with a firearm this is called menacing. For cops it's safety...

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piefed.social

If the citizen placed his hand on a gun during the interaction the LEO would have immediately started fEaRing fur muh life!!! and started blasting.

Rules for thee but not for me.

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Acorns are loaded guns, didn't you know? That's how one managed to shoot a cop by falling onto the car

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That is an American problem, the police assume you are armed even when there is no confrontation happening on a routine check.

The solution to a bad man with a gun is a good man with guns. Either way.

At least that is the rule in US.

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Tom Arrrreply
lemmy.world

They're like multiple chins, but on the back. I know, I've been blessed with them both. True, it 'may' have something to do with my diet. But hey, Iced Coffee is my religion.

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If the guy was actually perceived as a threat, there'd be backup and the cop would be 15 feet back with weapon drawn

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You reached the end