That taser actually had two shots. The dude shot them both at the same time.
Not sure how the cop was supposed to figured that out in a split second.
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> On Jul 10, 2020, at 12:48 PM, Bill Prince <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 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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