In the Atlanta case the suspect took a taser from the other
officer. A taser that hadn’t been fired. He turned and shot
that taser at the office which prompted the office to shoot
back. You can see that in the video.
Not saying it was justified or not. Just the fact that the
suspect even though fleeing, turned and shot a weapon at the
officer.
As for getting shot in the back, that’s easy if the suspect is
running away and turns their torso a bit then extends their arm
towards the officer giving chase. You can still have your back
to the officer giving chase yet present a threat to that officer.
Note that this picture has the added benefit of daylight and is
a training scenario so tensions wouldn’t be as high. Also note
that you can’t tell what kind of weapon the suspect has. Is it
real or fake? Can’t really tell.
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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.
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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.
