New Mexico Police Use Non-Lethal Force to Disarm Armed Boys, 7 and 9

[Swede]

This could have ended up real bad.


Troubling video shows Bernalillo County deputies trying to safely disarm two young boys holding a loaded handgun.
The sheriff’s office says this is just one example of the challenges they face every day.
Drone footage shows the boys, around 7 and 9-years-old. This happened on Feb.16. but BCSO just released it Thursday.
The sheriff’s office says their drone allowed them to manage the high-risk situation. They were able to get the gun away from the kids without anyone getting hurt.




https://www.reddit.com/r/PublicFreakout/comments/1kjnb8t/new_mexico_police_use_nonlethal_force_to_disarm/


https://www.kob.com/new-mexico/video-bcso-safely-disarms-young-children-with-gun/

[RandomNumbers]

1. See, they can manage not to kill the perp when the skin is the right shade and

the perp is actually presumed innocent.

Or am I too cynical?

I watched video at the kob.com link and the very next story was about Albuquerque trying to get out from under federal oversight of their policing tactics. Is it coincidental that the video of this incident (which happened in February) was released on the eve of this petition to remove DOJ oversight?

[Clouds Passing]

2. Behavioral and addiction treatment is lacking in NM. Long waits for warehousing, lacking in effective therapies.

You’d think in our Democratic state, the Democrats would have fixed this by now. We act like Rs in how we treat children. We are 49th & 50th in education, child welfare, etc. We get enough oil/gas money to overhaul the systems but just keep putting it off for the next legislative session. It’s really disgraceful.

Our gun laws are some of the most lax in the nation. And legislators won’t address the revolving door crime problem much to do with addiction.

It is so sad. 😭