http://twitchy.com/brettt-3136/2022/03/14/jonathan-turley-reminds-us-that-joy-behar-thought-the-officer-who-killed-makhia-bryant-should-have-shot-into-the-air/
As Twitchy reported a couple of days ago, the police officer who shot 16-year-old Ma’Khia Bryant as she was charging another girl with a knife was (finally) cleared of any wrongdoing, even though at the time he was immediately convicted in the court of public opinion; LeBron James famously posted a photo of the officer to Twitter with the text, “YOU’RE NEXT,” an hourglass emoji, and the hashtag #Accountability.
No one seemed to give a thought to the black teen who was about to get stabbed. Still photos from the officer’s body cam clearly show Bryant getting ready to drive a knife into the other girl. But some people, even now, think that the officer should have handled the situation differently. People like “The View’s” Joy Behar, who argued that the cop should have fired a warning shot into the air. At a press conference, reporters asked why police couldn’t be trained to shoot violent people in the leg. This advice came straight from the top: presidential candidate Joe Biden said he wanted police to shoot an “unarmed person coming at ’em with a knife” in the leg, a sentiment he repeated during an ABC News town hall.
Law professor Jonathan Turley writes about it on his blog:
Jonathan Turley ~ “The View” co-host Joy Behar insisted that, when the officer saw Bryant moving to stab another girl, he should have shot in the air. The grand jury clearly disagreed and refused to indict officer, Nicholas Reardon.
http://jonathanturley.org/2022/03/14/grand-jury-rejects-charges-in-makhia-bryant-shooting-despite-media-outcry/
Ignorant twats like Joy Behar do not ever take into consideration that such attacks happen in a matter of seconds and you have only split-seconds to respond. So, if you can freeze-frame the action, like the photo above, then obviously you can take aim at a more typically non-lethal area of the perp's body, BUT ... that ain't real life. You have split-seconds to stop the attack, so you fire at center mass. Of course, Joy Behar and her fellow libtards don't live in reality.
Turley writes:
We previously discussed the shooting of Ma’Khia Bryant, 16, in Columbus, Ohio. I wrote earlier that I believed that the shooting was justified under departmental rules and legal precedent. Nevertheless, the shooting of the teenager was decried as murder in the media. “The View” co-host Joy Behar insisted that, when the officer saw Bryant moving to stab another girl, he should have shot in the air. The grand jury clearly disagreed and refused to indict Officer Nicholas Reardon.
At the time of the shooting, various media outlets like NPR posted misleading accounts of the shooting, which fueled anger in the city. (NPR later corrected its original account):
The Daily Beast also ran misleading coverage, including a quote from “local Columbus activist K.C. Taynor of Exodus Nation” that “the latest police killing made it impossible to celebrate the Chauvin verdict. It’s another murder. They’re animals. They treat us like animals.”
Turley adds that Biden’s contention that “instead of anybody coming at you and the first thing you do is shoot to kill, you shoot them in the leg” — is not exactly how it works, practically or legally.
It also assumes a shot to the leg wouldn’t be lethal.
Yep ... shoot 'em in the leg and hit the femoral artery ... uh oh! ... they could easily be dead in a few minutes without you being able to do anything about it.
Jeff ~ If someone is ever charging Joy with a knife maybe the officer will try that trick.
Yes ... yes ... too true! EVERYONE needs to remember this ... if you ever find yourself in a position to thwart a knife-attack on Joy Behar ... DO NOT shoot the attacker ... discharge your firearm into the air. Okay ... everybody got that?
PapaBudnippin ~ I wonder if @JoyBehar would be so easy with the advice if it was her daughter?!
DobyRaider Slava Ukraine God Bless the Ukraine ~ Hard to believe that this is even debatable.
In reality, it's not.
Locker Room Talk ~ Does Joy Behar think bullets magically disappear when they’re shot in the air?
By-Tor & The Snowdog ~ Yea, shoot in the air because gravity doesn’t matter.
Josh ~ No one who knows jack about a firearm is going to discharge a round into the sky over a populated area! Seriously?
Jason Enyart ~ I feel sorry for the girl whom Bryant tried to kill. In all the coverage and commentary of this story, I’ve not seen one person say “Thank God that officer saved her life”. Her life is just background scenery to people trying to score agenda points.
Matticus Ray ~ It shouldn't have even been presented to a grand jury. The media has lost its everloving mind, and prosecutors shouldn't genuflect every time the media cries foul.
Actually, I think it IS good that it went to the Grand Jury ... they properly no-billed the officer, which has effectively exonerated him.
Who knows what effect the shooting had on the officer? He has to live with killing a teenager and being vilified for it.
Yes ... being wrongly and disingenuously vilified for it.
The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. ~ D.H. Lawrence
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