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Clinically-Inane t1_j2ywpdb wrote

Reply to comment by PossiblyCreepy605 in AG: Police shot and killed teenager allegedly armed with knife in Gilford | New Hampshire Public Radio by ACOdysseybeatsRDR2

Nothing; I can’t “picture” things. I’d hear the word “child” and know it meant someone who is under 18, aka Not An Adult By Definition because words have meanings

19 and 20 year olds haven’t actually emotionally or mentally grown into adulthood though, even if they have adult lives at that point; the human brain isn’t finished developing until our mid 20s, but we still arbitrarily consider anyone over 18 an adult even though that’s not very fair

If you’re not working with a fully matured adult brain capable of adult rationale, instincts, and impulse control, you can’t reasonably be expected to actually be a fully matured adult— but that’s what we expect anyway (even though ALL of the science tells us human brains are not Adult until ~7 years after age 18)

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HikeEveryMountain t1_j2yuqdz wrote

Reply to comment by AuthorSnow in AG: Police shot and killed teenager allegedly armed with knife in Gilford | New Hampshire Public Radio by ACOdysseybeatsRDR2

You can't use deadly force against somebody for HOLDING a knife. You don't have the right to use deadly force against a chef, do you? The article only says he was holding a knife. You're adding your own "facts" to this situation. "He got shot, so he must have deserved it" is the summary of your argument. That's NUTS. Being shot by the police doesn't make you guilty of a crime, and it also doesn't mean that deadly force was appropriate. One of the officers thought that a stun gun was sufficient. Why did the other cop go for deadly force, when the other cop didn't?

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