Police fatally shot an Arizona man who they said threw rocks at their cars, but family members questioned why they did not use a nonlethal method, saying the man had a history of mental health issues.
"Rocks. Rocks. Not boulders. Not bricks. Rocks," Smith said."These are rocks no bigger than my 4-year-old son throws over the backyard to the neighbor's house." Smith said video taken by a bystander showed a person who claimed to have a background in crisis intervention offered to speak with Osman to help de-escalate the situation.Phoenix police have not identified any of the officers, and a spokesperson said the events that led up to the shooting are still being investigated.
Mayor Kate Gallego said she advised the police chief that the shooting should be a priority investigation.
I stand with our police officers. Rocks are just as dangerous. Who does this anyway?
Let's place ourselves in the shoes of the police officers who had to use force to protect themselves, and then ask, why didn't the criminal throw wet toilet paper instead of objects that could seriously harm or kill.
So by non-lethal, she wanted the cops to pick up the rocks and throw them back at the guy?
Is he from Somalia by chance? They love throwing rocks at police.
What his family members should be questioning is why Ali was throwing anything at police in the first place. Stop blaming the police for this kids lawlessness.
Throwing rocks is just as dangerous at a moving vehicle. A good question but without the whole story.......
Shoot until the clip is empty...
Ernest T ?
The avg citizen doesn’t stand around throwing 🪨. This man was mental. The cops riding thru stops, engage guy then shot fired. Maybe the cops could hv driven thr cars a lil further back & call for bu. Thr only option was 101, stop throwing rocks, if no then shoot.
It's time for the whole world to send dictators and socialists to the hell where they were born, the demons that kill war and disease
Who’s gonna question the family members about why he was tossing rocks at cops? Was he mentally Ill? Was he unattended? Did he got the idea from a greedy family member looking for a check from the police dept? And so on.
Why are we still asking why they kill us? If it isn't obvious at this point then no one has been paying attention.
Good
パトカーに石を投げたら射殺されるのか
Arizona Police are Cowards! What’s the matter if you were so afraid of a few rocks why did you not just use a. Taser gun!? Racist Cowards!
Answer: man was not white.
25ToLife
He was throwing rocks at the cars you can't use deadly force to protect property.
This shouldn’t be a thing. Don’t throw potentially dangerous objects at police officers. It’s that simple, but apparently not for everyone smh …
Rocks? 🤬🤬
Those police men should wroth in jail
Glad the officers are okay.
😂🤣😂
It will never end.
Wow. The comments from racist apologists in this thread are dispiriting.
Definitely not a justified use of force. The police officers should be brought to justice. But, why was Ali Osman throwing rocks at police cars in the first place? And why didn’t he stop throwing rocks at police when he was confronted by them? liberalpoliciescausedthis
A rock is a deadly weapon.
Maybe the police didn't have less lethal weapons or ammo because they were defunded by democratic policies.
Throwing rocks while black get you shot but whites just get smacked on the wrist.
“Not bricks, Rocks” is the headline. Can NBC confirm this other than someone’s word that wasn’t even there?
It seems that there were millions of others options, but they chose lethal force. Lethal force is always the choice.
Seems as if law enforcement relishes the opportunity to draw down on humans, especially POC! Also seems the police will always use the most lethal means available to stop someone instead of anything non-lethal. Disgusting!
“Qualified immunity, a defense that shields officials from being sued, has been interpreted by courts so broadly that it allows officers to engage in unconstitutional acts with impunity.”
Bad behavior has consequences.
Bricks, Rocks there isn’t much difference. Life-threatening.
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Lethal (rocks, bricks) vs. lethal (gun). Sounds righteous to me. Time to stop the pandering fake news!!
Is anyone slightly curious why the Arizona man was throwing anything at the police car? MSNBC CNN FoxNews
Rocks are weapons, don’t throw rocks at the cops!!!!
Play stupid games win stupid prizes
Brain waving the People since the beginning, NippersParrots
EmmaPeele3 You mean “Because he was Black” was already taken? amerikkka DefundThePolice
'California amber alert victim is met with a hail of gunfire as she ran towards officers, who opened fire bc they felt threatened by the tactical gear she was wearing'🙄
Body cam?
TheJusticeDept Another Officer killing a person with mental issues for throwing rocks at cars. CriminalCopsAZ
Don't try and make him out to be a good citizen . throwing rocks at cops isn't smart.
Always the same suspects.
We all know the answer to that question. Opportunity and race! We saw the policewoman in Ohio struggling with a white man that took 3 bystanders to assist her. She never once pulled her taser or gun. He was arrested without incident even after attacking her. SMH 🤦♂️
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