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Originally Posted by Tasslehofp99
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So running towards a cop warrants being shot multiple times? I mean couldn't he have gotten into his car and driven away/called for backup when the dude turned to run away from him?? I thought Lethal Force was only to be used as a last resort; when faced with lethal force.
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Actually, police are allowed to use lethal force in two instances:
1) Self defense or defense of another
2) If they think the person just committed a felony assault
Both apply here. And the cop is required to pursue a suspect who just assaulted him. Do you really think our cops should just run away in a situation like this? What an absurd and foolish position to take. It makes one think you don't know much about anything at all.
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I guess things are rapidly changing in this country, though. If you do a little google searching it becomes clear that unarmed people are gunned down by murderous police with an alarming frequency. I just read a story about a unarmed woman being shot by a police officer for rolling up her window; insanity. Something obviously has to change about the way this country is being policed.
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If there are other cases where innocent people are being killed by police, then we should be pushing for those police to be prosecuted as criminals. Rallying around this particular case may not be fruitful. I have read a lot of stories about police killing people without cause and this one doesn't seem like the best example of police misconduct.
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Whatever happened to all of the police forces around the country investing in non-lethal weaponry to avoid situations such as this? I mean the police I'm seeing on the news are in full military equipment; but they can't afford tasers for their officers?
Someone was unnecessarily killed by a police officer who was obviously not trained enough to deal with the situation he found himself in that day.
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That's about the only good point you've made here. I don't know what the issues are regarding non-lethal vs lethal weapon usage, but it would be nice if we had non-lethal alternatives used more often.