‘We do not expect the officers to wait until they’re fired upon before they feel the necessity to fire’ Cincinnati Police Chief Teresa Theetge said of the incident
Ugh. On one hand this initially didn’t make me bat an eye but after reading the article:
At the news briefing, officials said the officer, who has not been identified, was retired and working as a special deputy and directing traffic near the school for graduation events.
Like, don’t get me wrong if this was an incident where the kid was wrongfully killed and the officer was then given no punishment and succinctly was the one hit by the car, I’d say eye for an eye.
But like, this dude was just a retired guy volunteering for a graduation event who had nothing to do with it. The situation with the kid himself is also kinda iffy as on one hand they do say he was running away but on the other the kid very much did have a gun and extra ammunition so for all the officers knew he could’ve turned around and shot them or taken someone hostage or anything really. Like yes, acab but the father is definitely way more in the wrong here than the police.
As the old proverbs state:
“If you follow the path of revenge, dig two graves: one for your victim, and one for yourself.”
“An eye for an eye leaves everyone blind.”
Yeah but unless there’s consequences when a specific group of people is going around blinding random people without fear of being blinded back, they’re not gonna stop. If an officer shoots an innocent kid and gets off with paid suspension I will cheer the dad on as he gets revenge. That is not what happened here though. This was not revenge at all and was just a heartbroken dad lashing out at innocent people and a kid playing fucking around (stealing a car and running around with a gun) and finding out.
