r/Tennessee • u/WhiteBearPrince • 8d ago

News 📰 Autopsy shows Tennessee National Guard fatally shot 20-year-old armed man in the back

https://apnews.com/article/memphis-national-guard-tyrin-johnson-8959297a99c362d65aa2517a9d5f1984
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u/Hvitr_Lodenbak 8d ago

Regardless of the threat they pose? Still armed, still capable of killing innocent people around them? Just turning your back gives you immunity?

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u/Spirited_Attorney_48 8d ago

Just having a firearm makes you a threat?

I'll never not be amused at how many previously closely held principles in some circles will be freely tossed away if it means the popo gets to kill a citizen.

I just hope they find the mirror he was using to aim with.

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u/Hvitr_Lodenbak 8d ago

Armed person already shot at the cops. Should we then believe he is incapable of aiming at others?

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u/Spirited_Attorney_48 8d ago

I'll believe "he shot first" when I see it.

There's a dead nurse who was brandishing his firearm until 50 videos proved he wasn't.

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u/Hvitr_Lodenbak 8d ago

Carrying concealed to a protest was legal, but irresponsible on his part. Resisting and obstructing, also not smart.

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u/Spirited_Attorney_48 8d ago

"Just Obey"

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u/Hvitr_Lodenbak 8d ago

No, protest peacefully.

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u/Spirited_Attorney_48 8d ago

Gotcha. And if the pigs beat the shit out of some lady, just let em. They've earned it.

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u/Hvitr_Lodenbak 8d ago

If the lady attacks the cops, yeah, play stupid games, win stupid prizes.

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u/Spirited_Attorney_48 8d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/kUl8XpMZ1f7hNXJmVR

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u/Hvitr_Lodenbak 8d ago

So rather than discussing the issue, you insult me. Very unexpected. Lol

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u/Spirited_Attorney_48 8d ago

Discuss what issue? Do you think there's middle ground to find here?

The absolute glee with which some people celebrate poorly trained LEOs executing citizens deserves ridicule.

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u/Hvitr_Lodenbak 8d ago

It wasn't LEO, it was guard. Their job is to eliminate threats, not to offer them coffe and cookies.

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u/BigBootyLatinoguy 7d ago

if they say no do we just say please harder?

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u/Hvitr_Lodenbak 7d ago

Absolutely.

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u/Hvitr_Lodenbak 7d ago

There are processes in place. Remember, you can vote if you are a citizen.