Reno School Cop Shoots Teen Victim of Bullying in the Chest—District Praises Cop

[Lucille]

Reno School Cop Shoots Teen Victim of Bullying in the Chest—District Praises Cop

Homeschool or die.

http://reason.com/blog/2016/12/10/reno-school-cop-shoots-teen-victim-of-bu

A school police officer at Hug High School in Reno, Nev., shot a 14-year-old boy who had a knife on him as the boy was trying to escape a crowd that had formed to see an anticipated beat-down of the boy, the teen's family's lawyer, David Houston, told the AP. The attorney described the boy as emotionally distressed and said he had already been hit when he was trying to escape. He was shot in the chest by an officer who has not been identified but who has been placed on paid administrative leave.

"Those kids were alerted there was going to be a beat-down at a specific time and a specific location. They had amassed with their cellphones for the purpose of filming it," Houston said. "Half the student body is out there cheering them on. He'd been punched in the face and was running around screaming, 'Get away from me!' He was trying to extricate himself from a situation that had become like spectators in the Roman Colosseum."

"There was no attempt to calm the situation," the attorney also said. "There was not this genuine sense of panic or alarm by the students watching until the officer attempted to execute the 14-year-old who was screaming, 'Get away from me."

The school superintendent, Traci Davis, praised the cop, saying "the officer's judgment saved other students from deadly force." The lawyer for the school district, meanwhile, criticized the family's lawyer for speaking to reporters. "It is disappointing to think that such a tragic event can be sensationalized by one side and by the media in order to spread false truths, innuendos, and disparage the efforts of a law enforcement officer protecting children," said Neil Rombardo.
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The teenager is in the hospital in critical condition, and suffered a major stroke yesterday. No charges have been filed in the case. The boy's father hired an attorney in case the teen was going to be targeted by prosecutors. The district attorney's office says it is taking charges into consideration while the Reno police department investigates.

A number of students recorded the incident, some of whom posted it on YouTube. Here's one:

 

[presence]

Fuck a bunch of public school.
Fuck a bunch of "but your kid has to be socialized".

Half the student body
is out there
cheering them on.


He'd been punched in the face and was running around screaming, 'Get away from me!' He was trying to extricate himself from a situation that


had become like spectators in the Roman Colosseum.

I can't tell you how many events like that I witnessed in public school.

 

[Origanalist]

The copsuckers are out in force on this one. Praising the hero who shot this kid who didn't want to get beat up.

 

[tod evans]

I hope that kop dies a slow painful death........

 

[Sola_Fide]

$#@! a bunch of public school.
$#@! a bunch of "but your kid has to be socialized".




I can't tell you how many events like that I witnessed in public school.

It's like prison... But for kids.

 

[tod evans]

The lawyer for the school district, meanwhile, criticized the family's lawyer for speaking to reporters.

These bastards hate it when unapproved perspectives are released to the public.

 

[JK/SEA]

It's like prison... But for kids.

generalizing is a form of ignorance,

carry on.

 

[dannno]

Maybe if we had more single mothers, and more women running daycare and the school systems to raise these kids, there would be less of this 'toxic masculinity' and kids would be less violent and we wouldn't have so many criminals in society

Oh, wait..

 

[juleswin]

I think we are seeing what happens when a kids is who bullied decides to stand up for himself. The admins most likely did nothing when he complained and he had enough of the bullying. If I was going to use deadly force, I would have used a gun instead of a knife, that way all the bully bastards and their cheerleaders go down with me.

I hope he fully recovers and the cop who shot him gets life in prison.

 

[presence]

I hope he fully recovers and the cop who shot him gets life in prison.

 

[juleswin]

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Sadly, these days I get by with an overdose of hope and a sprinkle of wishful thinking. Otherwise, it would be me pulling a knife and going crazy

 

[Ender]

Just linked this thread to the post in the US Political News forum to show what really happens to kids in public schools, if no one knows they are being targeted- or, heaven forbid, they try to fight back.

http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showth...-being-racially-bullied&p=6382152#post6382152

 

[phill4paul]

So, not even an attempt at "less than lethal?" Que riots in 3,2,...meh. He was white.

 

[Brian4Liberty]

 

[Brian4Liberty]

Raw video. What is heard are shouts of "back up" (to get a clear shot?), no shouts of "drop the knives".

 

[Jamesiv1]

Kid did it to himself.

 

[specsaregood]

So, not even an attempt at "less than lethal?" Que riots in 3,2,...meh. He was white.

There was a kid in my Jr. High that stabbed another kid with a buck knife in the hallway, the math teacher ended up disarming him... Bare hands only....

 

[Anti Federalist]

So, not even an attempt at "less than lethal?" Que riots in 3,2,...meh. He was white.

I wonder what the color of the kid's tormentors were...hmmm....

Lucille had it right...homeschool or die.

 

[TheTexan]

Are the Officers OK?

 

[Brian4Liberty]

Kid did it to himself.

In the end, you are correct. Did the cop HAVE to shoot him? No. Did every single bit of his training tell him to shoot the kid? Yes.

Waving knives at an armed gunman is ill advised. Falls under the broad category of "suicide by cop".

The real questions revolve around what preceded the wild waving of knives, both in the minutes before and the months or years before. Has this bullying been reported or observed by school officials? Did the cop or other school officials stand back and allow the fight to occur until the knives came out?