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Originally Posted by PepsiFree
I think the issue for me is that I could understand a cop shooting someone in a struggle, the fact that they don’t is a good thing (probably for them too). But why are we shooting people that are walking or running away? And it’s not just walking to a car to get some imaginary gun, we’ve seen them shoot people running into absolutely nowhere.
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Right, I am with you - I was responding to the position expressed by Maritime that the Police should not be able to use a firearm unless the suspect himself has his own firearm. I don't think that's a reasonable standard. I said earlier, I think in the situation with Blake, if you're going to justify shooting the guy in the back, there needs to actually be a gun visible that he could plausibly be going for. If it's a knife, he needs to have it in his hand, and if that's what you're afraid of, at least back off, and if he starts moving toward you, then you can unload your clip into him.
I am unsure about how to respond to Whitetiger's points, about the potential that he then drives away and uses the kids in the car as hostages. I suppose that we just have to accept the risk that he might do that, until he actually does it.
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Originally Posted by Cecil Terwilliger
No it would work better if police didn’t shoot unarmed civilians. Your inability to discuss it without constantly getting lost in tangents is an issue.
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What tangent? What are you talking about? I responded directly to your post. If anyone's going off on a tangent, it's you - what the heck does this have to do with use of force in the military? They're not in even remotely comparable situations.