tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7959803343678816550.post843487463629030809..comments2023-10-31T02:08:20.043-07:00Comments on CJS395 Spring 2012: Reasonable Force?Michael Gizzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15691728024188312906noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7959803343678816550.post-31113897315209919322012-02-24T13:03:30.941-08:002012-02-24T13:03:30.941-08:00I pretty much disagree with this. I know that some...I pretty much disagree with this. I know that sometimes officers do use too much force, no one is perfect and not everyone is made out to be a police officer. When it comes to shootings I never trust the media's take of it, which is unfortunately the only side we get to see. Having personally know an officer involved in a situation extremely close to this one, I know firsthand that you cannot always believe the media. Officers in situations like this only have split seconds to use their discretion to make life-altering decisions. No other person can sit and tell someone "no, you were not in fear of your life". Without being in that situation ourselves we can never know. Unfortunately many people have tried to use situations like this to limit police power and discretion. It is the same with any other type of situation. The media rarely reports the good to the point that they report the bad.Krista Shankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02299523252569914139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7959803343678816550.post-25504397921411355042012-02-23T20:26:41.093-08:002012-02-23T20:26:41.093-08:00Whether the teen was mentally handicapped or not h...Whether the teen was mentally handicapped or not has no bearing on this situation. The teen has, in the past, shown he is capable of spontaneous, aggressive behavior which was probably worsened by his condition. The kid already injured an officer with a deadly weapon which warrants deadly force. I have worked with the mentally ill and I would be more afraid of someone who is not mentally stable, with a knife than an ordinary, angry citizen. The facts are this: a large, 15 year old kid injured an officer with a deadly weapon, which by the use of force continuum warrants the use of deadly force; not to mention this subject has caused bodily harm to others in the past. Perhaps this child was not fit to be in this home environment, he probably should have been someplace where they had could control these outbursts and possibly prevent future violent behaviors. This is a sad story, but officers sometimes must make these hard decisions and in this situation, I think the officer ultimately made the right decision.Jory Pieperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05917935702781235147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7959803343678816550.post-61639533261940981602012-02-23T19:55:10.823-08:002012-02-23T19:55:10.823-08:00I firmly believe that no one should judge the acti...I firmly believe that no one should judge the actions of the police in instances like this where all the facts are not present and only the individuals that were present know exactly what happened. It always seems like everyone wants to have an opinion when the police do something wrong to an "innocent" person. The teenage boy was 200 lbs and was known to be violent and now the police are called to the house where an officer has been cut. God only knows what really went down in that house and I feel the officers had the right to use deadly force if they feared their lives were in danger. If the teenager was that mentally disabled and dangerous then he should not have been living amongst the general public, which could have prevented this from happening altogether.Jennifer Shepherdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18284103026224745703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7959803343678816550.post-32414678404850834422012-02-23T16:46:15.027-08:002012-02-23T16:46:15.027-08:00I am kind of confused. It says that one of the of...I am kind of confused. It says that one of the officers was cut then it says that he used a butter knife, regardless of the situation if this teen physically injuried an officer then I think its the right of the officer to protect him/her self. I feel like as a team the police in that area could have figured out ways to deal with mentally challenged individuals better or people with disorders.Amanda Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16071852558440085769noreply@blogger.com