Or this jackass could just have not detained the kid
Sure, ignoring issues is a great solution to problems.
Kids were wrong...lets not look past that. They should have respect for private property and quite frankly, thats a parenting issue. Teach your kids some goddam respect.
This. The real issue here is the parenting, or rather the LACK there of.
That being said, the officer is WAAAAY out of line here. There are literally hundreds of ways this could have been handled better.
Agreed, better resolution tactics could have been implemented but its easy to critique a situation after it has passed.
how about you turn your sprinklers on and teach them a lesson instead?
We dont know the events leading up to the altercation, but presumably he went outside asking them in a civilized manner not to continue their actions rather than reacting as a child and spraying them with water. (which in todays snowflake society would be considered an assault).
Suggesting he spend his time and money puling permits and constructing a fence around his yard as a resolution is absurd.
LOL
But no...this guy wants to attack 13 year olds
Im sure he didn't wake up that morning looking to fight children. He was calm and collected until the situation turned physical.
fire guns in the air? For what?
To prove a point?
He fired it into the ground, firing into the air would be dangerous (which shows his rationality), and it was clearly to de-escalate a situation where a group (again age is irrelevant) was attempting to cause him physical harm.
What would the alternative resolution be at this point in the situation? Fist-fight a group of teens? (I'm actually ok with that) but he would be fired and shamed by society if he won? Or worse he is overpowered and beaten possibly loosing control of his weapon to teens (or accidental discharge hurting a minor); and then looses his job and is shamed by media/society?