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After reading this, the first thing that came to mind was all of the people who will start saying that the officer didn't have to shoot, tase him instead, talk him down, do this, do that, blah, blah, blah.
This is clearly, IMO, a suicide by cop case. Fortunately, he shot him in the shoulder, so no doubt the kid will survive.
A "distraught" 16-year-old brandishing a knife and yelling, "Shoot me, shoot me, I want to die," was wounded by a Weymouth cop early yesterday after he ignored repeated orders to drop his weapon, police and witnesses said.
After reading this, the first thing that came to mind was all of the people who will start saying that the officer didn't have to shoot, tase him instead, talk him down, do this, do that, blah, blah, blah.
This is clearly, IMO, a suicide by cop case. Fortunately, he shot him in the shoulder, so no doubt the kid will survive.