# Why are police so quick to kill?

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**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [May 30, 2017, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-police-so-quick-to-kill/787689 "2017-05-30T00:48:32Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 18, 2017, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-police-so-quick-to-kill/787689/208 "2017-07-18T16:54:11Z")

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> [@HurricaneDitka](#):
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> Officer Noor mistook her cellular phone, which may have been in her hand, for a weapon, and feared for his life and fired. Personally, I think that sounds like a fucking asinine reaction to “something in her hand”, given the rest of the context, but it is the best explanation of ‘how [she] could possibly have looked like a lethal threat’ that I’ve heard.

I wouldn’t call it a “fucking asinine reaction.” - Officer Miosotis Familia

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