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Originally Posted by MelBridgeman
easier said than done and you know nothing about police training.
sue? can't say i disagree, seems like a reasonable and intelligent thing to do - hope they have enough cash to cover everyone's legal expenses.
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You're quite right on the first point: handguns, particularly in dynamic situations, are wildly inaccurate. That's exactly why police officers are trained to shoot center mass, and why "live shooter" training courses advise that if someone (other than a cop obviously) points a handgun at you and tells you to "freeze" the best thing you can do is move and move quickly - it's very hard to hit a moving target with a handgun even at reasonably close distances and with training.
I wouldn't expect big legal awards in a case like this - more likely payment of people's medical and related expenses. This isn't a case where a judge or jury could easily conclude there was some police negligence - what else were they supposed to do but shoot the guy? The fact that they missed a couple of times is no indicator of negligence, and it's not a situation where the trier of fact would be unsympathetic to the police cause.
Basically it was just a crappy situation all around.