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Originally Posted by Orruar
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The gun reaching is not going to be a big part of the investigation here. Even by the officer's account, the gun reaching occurred prior to Mr. Brown retreating. The officer does not claim that Mr. Brown was reaching for the gun a second time, so that's kind of moot. You can't just shoot someone who reached for a gun once if they are in the act of retreating. What will be important is whether Mr. Brown then turned around and ran towards the officer in an aggressive manner.
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That is a single altercation. Why are you trying to turn it into two separate situations? When Brown turned around and charged the cop, he was still the person who had just tried to take his weapon. Nothing had changed so stop pretending it's not relevant when it's literally the most relevant point when determining if it was excessive force or not.
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Originally Posted by Tasslehofp99
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So running towards a cop warrants being shot multiple times?
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Immediately after trying to take the cops gun? Yes. Every time, without question.
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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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Is this some sort of sick joke? Police officers are not supposed to abandon the scene of a crime unless ordered to do so with the exception being to pursue a suspect.
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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? .
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That failed. Same number of people got shot. A whole new group of people got tazed.