- cross-posted to:
- thepoliceproblem
- cross-posted to:
- thepoliceproblem
Summary
Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond dismissed a felony assault charge against Sgt. Joseph Gibson, a police officer who slammed 71-year-old Lich Vu to the ground during a traffic ticket dispute, breaking his neck.
Drummond stated the officer acted within his training and lacked criminal intent, adding that Vu should not have touched Gibson.
The dismissal sparked criticism from Oklahoma County DA Vicki Behenna and outrage in Oklahoma City’s Vietnamese community, citing Vu’s language barriers during the incident.
Gibson’s actions were initially deemed an unreasonable use of force by prosecutors.
Just to be clear over 1 million Americans have died from gun violence in the last twenty years. We lose on average over a thousand children a year as well. In Japan they lost 0 children to gun violence this year and the year before it and so on and so forth.
So be a big fan of widespread death under the guise of 2a rights. Just don’t pretend to be leftist once you have been shown the truth.
Perhaps I should phrase it differently. In a country with more guns than people, where the majority of people have easy access to guns, I am glad to be able to arm myself in order that I may protect my loved ones or even, should it come to it, to fight against a full descent into fascism.
To keep on believing they make anyone safe is beyond logic at this point. I get your feels but they are dead wrong on this topic.
I wish it wasn’t the way it is. But we have to work with the world we live in. Nobody will ever have access to our guns to hurt anyone, and with our country falling into whatever this mess could become… I’d rather go down fighting than get hauled off to a camp.
All I can say is keep them locked and secured which apparently you do.
They have trigger locks. There are never any young children in my house.