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I'm honestly on the fence about this situation.
A Torrey Pines High Student, located in San Diego, called 911 in the early morning hours of Saturday to request that officers check on the welfare of an unarmed boy in front of the school. Authorities would later find out, there was no other boy, he was referring to himself. 2 officers arrived on the scene and spotted a boy in the front parking lot of the school, when they got out of their vehicles, the boy drew a gun from the waistband of his pants and pointed it @ 1 of the officers. Officers then drew their guns while ordering him to drop this weapon, instead of following their orders, he started walking towards 1 of the officers. Both officers then started firing their weapons, striking him multiples times. Paramedics then took him to the hospital where he was pronounced dead. The gun that the boy was pointing @ the officers was later determined to be a BB air pistol. Due to the boy being a minor, his identity hasn't been released. My thoughts: here's why I'm on the fence. In this situation, I can understand these officers feeling like their lives were in danger. I can justify it this time. I'm on the fence because I don't understand why officers shot to kill instead of firing to deescalate the situation. Clearly there was something going on with this young man to make him call the police to come check on him and then to point a gun in their direction. So, I guess I don't understand why instead of killing him, they couldn't have deescated the situation by firing him an area where it wouldn't have killed him or firing less than they did, so that they could see what was going on with him. I have a soft spot for those with mental illness because as some of you all know, I have depression and an anxiety disorder. So, I'm thinking about the situation from the standpoint that something was clearly going on with him and wanting to figure out what it could've been and how he could've gotten help for it, but that's not possible now. I just think instead of killing it, it would've been a good opportunity to try and get this young man some help, but once again I do understand them feeling like their lives were in danger, I just on the fence about their course of action.
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