I had a local deputy take me through the Alabama law enforcement
firearms qualification test. The cue to shoot was the word "threat".
You point a something that may be a gun and the reflexes engage I am sure.
Jeff Broadwick - Lists wrote:
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
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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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