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Old 08-20-2014, 10:27 PM   #594
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Originally Posted by combustiblefuel View Post
That was further than 2-3 feet away. 2 cops there. One could have tried a less lethal force while the other one covered him with a gun.
What a sad sad video.

He was approximately 8 feet away, froze it at first gunshot sound, and using the young man as being about 6 feet as scale.

What a tragic state of affairs in Missouri.

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Originally Posted by Oling_Roachinen View Post
He came at the officer's with lethal force. They used lethal force on him. It's unfortunate but based on what he was screaming this should constitute suicide-by-cop.

If a taser fails the man easily could have killed the officer at that range and they should have a right to defend themselves especially from lethal force. For all the injustices that officers may be committing, this doesn't seem like one to me.

That video shows an officer with a holstered weapon, in a far less readied stance, with the perp closer than the Powell shooting.

That's a very poor comparison.

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