Northern Sage Posted August 18, 2012 Report Share Posted August 18, 2012 http://www.aflcio.org/Blog/Global-Action/Police-Open-Fire-on-Protesting-Mine-Workers-in-South-Africa Didn't see a topic on this, so… Discuss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sander Posted August 18, 2012 Report Share Posted August 18, 2012 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/16/south-africa-mine-shooting_n_1790021.html http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/17/south-africa-police_n_1796082.html Better articles than the one you provided. :/ Anyways, we can't really judge the police for opening fire on the protesters, as the protesters had weapons on them (machetes, clubs, other weapons). What would you do if there was a group of people rushing near or at you while carrying cold weapons? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Sage Posted August 18, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 18, 2012 Sorry for being [s]human[/s] lazy then and thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~ P O L A R I S ~ Posted August 19, 2012 Report Share Posted August 19, 2012 [quote name='Zanda Panda' timestamp='1345322565' post='6010276'] What would you do if there was a group of people rushing near or at you while carrying cold weapons? [/quote] Die. Better to be killed than to kill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sander Posted August 19, 2012 Report Share Posted August 19, 2012 [quote name='Lil Wayne!' timestamp='1345352836' post='6010573'] Die. Better to be killed than to kill. [/quote] Not every person views their life like that. What if you have a family to take care of, or you just panic? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~ P O L A R I S ~ Posted August 19, 2012 Report Share Posted August 19, 2012 A COWARD DIES A THOUSAND DEATHS. Don't they have tazers and whatnot anyway? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sander Posted August 19, 2012 Report Share Posted August 19, 2012 [quote name='Lil Wayne!' timestamp='1345366259' post='6010693'] A COWARD DIES A THOUSAND DEATHS. Don't they have tazers and whatnot anyway? [/quote] Apparently, rubber bullets are banned there, but I can't speak about tasers as I don't know what the equipment for the police there is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cin Posted August 19, 2012 Report Share Posted August 19, 2012 There are other methods to disperse crowds without shooting them, but we don't know precisely what the police had on them at the time and whether they were properly trained for these types of situations. While it is cruel that people have died, police usually will shoot an offender (or rioter, protester etc) if they feel they cannot get them to calmly drop a weapon or feel threatened if they don't have any other methods on hand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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