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Originally Posted by Oling_Roachinen
As for this, officers in the states are not trained to incapacitate when shooting. If they fire their gun they are risking lethal force on the person. Trained to shoot at the target until the threat is removed. I don't know if it's that necessarily wrong, I do agree it should be extremely rare for an officer to fire their gun, but when they do I do think they should be 'planning' (poor word choice) on it being lethal force. Not making judgment on this particular incident whether it was reasonable or warranted.
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So regularly, police in the US find that unarmed petty criminals are deserving of lethal force? That is the crux of my entire argument--why is it so common for officers in the US to use deadly force? If it's so rare in other countries, why is it so common here?