I believe there is a criteria of "immediate threat" Not a potential
threat but clear ( that's hard to define ) and immediate. Not true
when someone is running away from you with a sword.
On 07/10/2020 09:32 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.
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