Is it deadly force to shoot them in the leg so they can’t keep running? Easier to recover from a leg wound than a shot to the heart.
> On Jul 10, 2020, at 10:52 AM, Carl Peterson <cpeter...@portnetworks.com> > wrote: > > Personal feeling is that unless they present a clear immediate danger to > someone in the immediate vicinity, deadly force is unjustified. > > On Fri, Jul 10, 2020 at 11:48 AM Bill Prince <part15...@gmail.com > <mailto:part15...@gmail.com>> wrote: > I think every situation is different. I also believe the police, in general, > have been given more slack than they should for quite some time. The issue is > how to deal with this. I do not envy cops. I have a nephew who is a cop, and > I worry about him all the time. > > One of the more recent cases was an individual who was resisting arrest. He > grabbed, and fired a taser. As I understand it, most tasers are one-and-done. > IOW, once the taser has been fired, the only "weapon" characteristics it has > are as a thrown projectile. That individual was running away, and was shot in > the back. Was that justified? I would have a hard time accepting that as a > justified homicide. But that is only one example. > > With the proliferation of cameras everywhere, this sort of thing is going to > come up more and more. > > > > bp > <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com> > > On 7/10/2020 9:32 AM, ch...@wbmfg.com <mailto: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 <mailto:AF@af.afmug.com> > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > <http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com> > > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com
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