watching again this deserves more scrutiny. if we stay behind you ling enough we can find something to pull you over for???? That statement just reaks of biased policing. As if they will decide if they want to pull someone over or not, vs doing their job and pulling over anyone driving illegally or unsafe. She is gonna make the choice of who she wants to pull over instead of following the laws???? She shouldn't be behind the wheel of a police vehicle with that mindset. mindbogglingly dumb tweet.
Perfect argument for fewer laws and more scrutiny on policing. These people have been trained wrong and are often not the type of people who should be police in the first place.
Wow, the kid is having a mental health crisis and THAT is how the police handle it???? A shit ton of armed to the teeth cops scared witless of a kid locked in a car with a small knife??? Everyone of the cops involved should be prosecuted and imprisoned. They took a call for help and escalated it into murder. Pathetic. There are absolutely NO excuses or rationalizations even possible.
Yes that poor kid was obviously not a threat to anyone in those circumstances. He wasnt close to anyone, he wasnt charging anyone, he couldnt even reach anyone to harm them without them approaching his space. Also what kind of procedure is it for the cop to stand on the hood of the car like that? Horrific results. There were a few good cops in that group who were handling the situation well, but they should have been able to have the overaggressive ones moved back and they didnt.
So before I click on this….was he really murdered because his car wasn’t working. Or did the situation escalate and he wasn’t doing what the police were asking him to do multiple times and then they handled it wrong?
Not sure his car was really stuck or not. He called 911 saying it was stuck and that he was depressed, and afraid of skinwalkers...he was suffering from paranoia. He needed help. As soon as you hear that you should be sending officers with mental health training to help him. He was scared. He stayed in his truck. He had a couple knives with him, but I don't think he ever tried to stab himself or them as far as I know. They tried to get him out of the truck with food and then got angry he didn't want to get out of the truck. They quickly elevated things and shot him dead. There was no reason to shoot him. They were not in danger.
Polis condemns the killing, which has drawn international attention Meanwhile, Gov. Jared Polis took an extraordinary step in condemning the killing. He issued a statement about the incident late Thursday after he met with Glass’ parents. “The unspeakable loss and grief Sally and Simon Glass are living is the worst nightmare of every parent,” he said. “This tragedy should never have happened. Colorado mourns for the loss of Christian Glass’s life.” The incident has drawn international attention to Colorado from as far away as New Zealand where Glass’ father is originally from. The massive public interest was generated when the Glass family’s lawyers Qusair Mohamedbhai and Siddhartha Rathod released hours of various body-worn cameras from officers on the scene this week. “Police cannot create their own exigent circumstances,” Rathod said. “Police may not illegally smash out the windows of a person’s car who has committed no crime as the Colorado State Patrol said that night and then create their own circumstances that they believe justifies killing a 22-year-old boy. This is basic law enforcement. This is not complicated. And every police officer is taught this.” https://www.cpr.org/2022/09/15/clear-creek-county-shooting-update/
Complete overhaul and retraining. That kid just wanted to talk. I would have sat there my whole damned shift talking, if that's what it took. He was scared and he wanted to talk. They talked to him less than 2 minutes before elevating and exacerbating the situation. They were in no danger. Was he going to stab them through the glass? They could have talked with him. They could have asked him to hand over or throw out the knives and he would have. Then not only did they shoot him. They riddled him with bullets.
The guy who shot him was just itching to do something. You could hear him amping up in his language use and tone, when he starts dropping F bombs it should be apparent he is too amped up. Instead of removing him from the situation they let him stand on the hood and point his gun at that kid? That posturing all but guarantees the kid being shot, the kid was already having a panic attack and/or whatever else is wrong with him.
