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Originally Posted by afc wimbledon

It's not a battle, they are cops not soldiers, they, like everyone else, only get to use lethal force when they are certain their life is at risk, when a guy with a gun they can see points it at them, when a guy with a knife runs at them (and frankly even then I think resorting to lethal force is cowardice and murder but I would lay that at the feet of the US's abysmally lousy police training rather than an individual cop).

A guy with his back to you getting into a car, even with a knife, does not represent a mortal threat.

So who gets to determine if their lives are in danger? The Monday morning social worker?

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