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		nicoburns on June 11, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Breonna Taylor case: Louisville police nearly blan... Isn't this one of the main things that people are protesting about. Police shouldn't be trained like this. They could also carry things like tasers which allow them to protect themselves without killing anyone.

Zxian on June 11, 2020 | [–]

Correction: while minimizing the risk of death. Tasers can still kill people.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Dzieka%C5%84ski_Taser...

nicoburns on June 11, 2020 | | [–]

They certainly can. But they're a lot less likely to than a gun. I think their use would be justified in the case that a policeman was being shot at.

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