> Do other countries have this problem? Having lived in quite a few other countries during my vacation with Uncle Sam, most other countries do not have anywhere near the issue with people running from police as we do here in the states.
-- Larry Smith lesm...@ecsis.net On Fri July 10 2020 11:54, ch...@wbmfg.com wrote: > Except it appears: > “ the officer may not use deadly force to prevent escape unless "the > officer has probable cause to believe that the suspect poses a significant > threat of death or serious physical injury to the officer or others."[1]” > > Do other countries have this problem? > > > > From: Carl Peterson > Sent: Friday, July 10, 2020 10:49 AM > To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT Might be political - trigger warning > > 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 > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- >----- -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com
