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Originally Posted by ignite09
Right. Then the cops CHOSE to gun down a man running in the opposite direction carrying a non lethal weapon. Why should the average citizen be held responsible for their actions but cops are not?
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Well for the average citizen this would be a simple self defence case. Pointing a weapon (taser is a weapon) and firing it at somone is grounds for firing back. Sell defence shootings are very common in the USA, even when no weapon is involved. IMO a regular citizen gets off in court on this easily.
In this case the man who was being arrested did everything wrong, drove drunk, resisted arrest, took a police officers weapon, fled from police and fired the weapon at them. The grey area from public perspective is that a taser is non lethal. Neither the officer nor the general public were at further risk.