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May 27, 2022 • 1 hour ago • 2 minutes reading • 147 comments A photograph of the East Ave and Lawrence rifle on Thursday, May 26, 2022.
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Police are trained to eliminate a lethal threat to themselves, to someone they are protecting, or to the community.
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That’s what they did on Thursday in Scarborough.
How can you tell the difference if you face the dilemma of trying to disarm someone carrying a rifle on the street?
If the police tell someone with a gun to drop it immediately and it doesn’t, it doesn’t matter later if the gun is loaded or what its capacity is. In this tragic case, in which a 27-year-old man was shot dead by Toronto police, it has now been determined that the rifle was in fact a shotgun.
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The SIU is taking a deep dive into its background. Sources say a man who identified himself as the father of the dead shooter contacted police saying he was his son shot. He told police his son had mental health issues. The SIU has not disclosed the man’s identity, saying that this would happen with the consent of the family, which they have not given.
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The SIU must determine what prompted him to take to the streets near the schools with a shotgun, as well as his destination and intentions.
Whatever you learn, the police find themselves in a dilemma when confronted with such a person.
“It can’t be said unless you look down the barrel,” an officer said of trying to determine if a weapon is a shotgun. “There is no winner in a case like this.”
The person with the shotgun often dies. Officers face questions and the quarterback Monday morning.
Witnesses told the media that they heard the man being told to drop his shotgun before police intervened with his firearms.
They were doing their job.
In a tweet, Toronto Police Association President Jon Reid said the organization “will support them during further investigations and with any resources they may need.”
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The mandate of the SIU is to investigate it to make sure that those involved did everything according to the book and within the law. This process must take place, but people must remember that these agents faced this danger and passed the information in front of them. They did not have the luxury of knowing what is determined after the fact.
In a statement on Friday, the TPA said that “it is important to remember that incidents of use of force involve human beings and that our members are affected during and after each other. They often face decision-making in a fraction. secondly that no one would want to take and we will continue to offer our members the resources and support they may need if they are ever in that position. “
The facts show that the man did have a shotgun capable of firing and the police took steps to neutralize any potential threat.
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