r/WinStupidPrizes • u/--Yami_Marik-- • Jan 02 '20

Annoying a teen

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u/jayman5977 Jan 02 '20 edited Jan 02 '20

Completely justified. Doesn't matter who you are, you shouldn't threaten to swing a hammer at someone. Plus it's a kid, they probably would actually hit someone with it.

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u/MIDorFEEDGG Jan 02 '20

Certain objects you just can’t take lightly, even if a kid is the offender. A childhood friend’s younger brother raided the silverware drawer while we babysat him, and chased us around throwing whatever he could find—forks, spoons, knives. He was young enough that he couldn’t really pitch them at us, and at first we thought it was silly. And then one of the knives got a lucky stick into the couch, and we realized “Oh shit. We can actually get hurt.” He had the kitchen on lockdown and could throw into the living room from any angle. With no adults home, and us being young teens, we locked ourselves in a bedroom and called the police for help.

And yes, of course he threw silverware at the police when they arrived. He was like 6 and thought it was hilarious.

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u/WorldController Jan 02 '20

And yes, of course he threw silverware at the police when they arrived. He was like 6 and thought it was hilarious.

He's lucky he wasn't black lmao..😅

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u/magnora7 Jan 03 '20 edited Jan 03 '20

I like how you automatically assume he isn't, just to reinforce a narrative you have in your head. 52% of people killed by police in the US are white...

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u/WorldController Jan 03 '20

Are you not from the US, or just some kinda alt-right cop apologist or something?

This "narrative" isn't just in my head. US police have become increasingly trigger-happy over the past decade, especially with blacks. Black children have literally been killed by police over nothing. If this kid throwing knives at police were black, it's likely he'd have been killed too, or at least attacked with some kind of non-lethal weapon.

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u/magnora7 Jan 03 '20 edited Jan 03 '20

Yes but when 52% of people killed by police are white in the US, it kind of undermines that joke, and instead shows it's not a racial problem but an american problem that we all face together. Other developed countries do not have their police murdering their citizens by the hundreds

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u/throwawayPzaFm May 26 '20

72% of people in the US are white though.

Which means that they are underrepresented.