labbbb@thelemmy.club to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 10 months agoWhat's the point of American police saying "Show your hands" after they shot a man?message-squaremessage-square61fedilinkarrow-up1117arrow-down129file-text
arrow-up188arrow-down1message-squareWhat's the point of American police saying "Show your hands" after they shot a man?labbbb@thelemmy.club to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 10 months agomessage-square61fedilinkfile-text
minus-square404@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down1·10 months ago…So if you use your hands to put pressure on the wound to stop the bleeding, you won’t get an ambulance?
minus-squareToo Lazy Didn't Name@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·10 months agoNo, but it’s going to take longer for them to confirm the scene is safe for first aid and paramedics.
minus-squareFabledAepitaph@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down2·10 months ago“We thought he was hiding a knife in his bullet wound.”
…So if you use your hands to put pressure on the wound to stop the bleeding, you won’t get an ambulance?
No, but it’s going to take longer for them to confirm the scene is safe for first aid and paramedics.
“We thought he was hiding a knife in his bullet wound.”