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Originally Posted by worth
As far as I am aware, Police will never shoot to injure. If you are firing your weapon, the intent is to kill. I have to believe that the moment the first shot was fired, the intent to kill was there. And because of that, I don't have a problem with the number of shots fired since the decision was made by this particular Officer to terminate the suspect. Whether that determination is correct or not is the issue I see. Maybe i'm just splitting hairs here and it's all wrapped up in the same issue.
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Police are taught to shoot at the centre mass in order to stop the threat. They are not trained to "shoot to kill". Is there a good chance you'll die or be critically wounded from being shot in the centre mass of your body? Absolutely. However killing is not the intent. Try standing 10 metres from a piece of firewood and try and shoot it standing unsupported with a handgun. Then run 100 metres at a sprint and go try and do it. Pretty damn hard if not impossible and that's why police are trained to aim for centre mass. Police are responsible for every round that leaves their firearm. Frankly shooting for limbs is a huge liability because if you miss you put the general public in danger.
Now, the evidence from the video is another matter. None of us know all the factors surrounding the incident however I think we can all agree it doesn't look good and unfortunately a young kid lost his life.