Ten v Garner say you can't shoot them
On Fri, Jul 10, 2020 at 11:33 AM <ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote: > I am largely ignorant of the issues faced in world of law enforcement. > And perhaps this is a broader philosophical question with no clear answers. > > A guy, alone at night, in a city, near the location of a reported armed > robbery is confronted by cops, takes off running. > He drops what appears to be a gun, picks it up and keeps running, should > he be shot? > > I understand that he may take a hostage or start shooting or whatever. He > may turn the gun on the cops. > I remember old cop and robber movies when I was a kid where the cop would > yell “stop or I’ll shoot”. > > We had the above situation happen here in Utah a while back. Cops were > found to have done no wrong. > People are understandably upset. > A few years ago, a young man playing with a sword was stopped by cops, he > took off running with the sword and they shot and killed him. > I presume the same justifications apply. > > I wonder how often someone with a weapon does harm after evading the cops. > I wonder how other countries confront the same problem. > If a human gets scared and runs due to uncontrolled fear, should they be > shot? > > I was only truly scared once in my life. Was in a bank robbery. > I understand that your rational thinking goes out the window a bit when > you are really scared. > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > -- Carl Peterson *PORT NETWORKS* 401 E Pratt St, Ste 2553 Baltimore, MD 21202 (410) 637-3707
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