The shooting death of a 16-year-old girl by police is among a spate that's upset Anchorage residents
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A spate of officer-involved shootings has made Anchorage, Alaska, the latest in a long list of American cities to wrestle with how police use force.

Instead of showing her hands as told, they said, the 16-year-old girl stood and approached them with the blade.

Two officers opened fire simultaneously, one with a less-lethal foam projectile and the other with real bullets, killing her two days before Leafa was to start her junior year of high school. She had recently moved from American Samoa to get a better education and was still learning English, her family said.

Leafa was among seven people shot by Anchorage police since May… more than twice as many as the department typically shoots in a year. Four of the subjects were killed.

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  • @NastybutlerEnglish
    10•2 months ago

    Interesting how “retreat” is never an option when facing an opponent with a blade for these clowns. They’re in no immediate danger as long as they stay out of range, and could use their distance to deescalate the situation before resorting to deadly force.

    One of the officers used a non-lethal weapon so why did the other officer not see if that worked before using his sidearm? Another body on the pile of dead citizens at the hands of law enforcement

    • @ocassionallyaduckEnglish
      6•2 months ago

      Japanese police even have this giant metal poles with prongs on the end to grab people for this reason. You can pin down a knife attacker safely. Every school in Japan has 1 or 2, and police have tons.

      They almost never fire a round.