My personal opinion is that merely reaching for something is not a good enough reason to shoot someone. I'm trying to imagine what I would say when I'm in a similar situation and I shoot the boy out of pure rage. I keep coming back to "he was reaching for something".
Still, without knowing the...
My EDC is a Fenix L0D. Small enough that I never noticed the weight and bulk (due to the lack thereof), but bright enough for most social purposes. The 5 modes are neat too.
I filter my water if I'm drinking it straight. For my Keurig I only use bottled water, since South Bend city water has so much mineral / calcium it clogs the machine in a short time.
Devonshire Alternative Elementary School in Columbus OH - SchoolDigger.com
Not exactly a model school, worse than 78.4% of elementary schools in Ohio. I wonder if they struggle just to get the students to learn something instead of horsing around.
I don't use pejoratives, and I avoid stereotyping if at all possible. In my personal experience most people are complex individuals that rarely meet any single stereotype. Maybe I'm naïve, but I think most people are decent regardless of their political persuasion, and as such worthy of not...
Is it any wonder that we're the 2nd most obese country in the world (we used to be no. 1 until Mexico took the title last year)? We got people who aren't really disabled taking the spot just so they don't have to walk the extra 50'. We got overweight shoppers who use the scooter to shop. I think...
My point is that posting this on the internet is a bad idea. And you disagree because...
While an opinion of a police officer is far from the be-all and end-all, I still value it more than the opinion of civilian internet warriors, mine included.