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Originally Posted by Monahammer
Here is my suggestion:
- Let the armed child in the car flee the scene. You have a license plate. You probably have a ####ing helicopter. No need to send 14 squad cars hurtling at top speed towards the scared person.
- once the suspect fleeing has slowed down, begin a formal, planned operation to hunt and acquire the suspect.
If the crime that the suspect committed wasn't worth the manhunt following the flee, then it definitely wasn't worth killing that person over.
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Here's a hypothetical for you based on your suggestion:
The suspect fleeing is still scared and panicky. He/she decides to enter a nearby home to hide where he finds someone inside. There's a brief moment of surprise before the scared suspect shoots the innocent person in their home.
Would you not crucify the cops for NOT pursuing the suspect? Isn't that exactly what the cops in Uvalde are in trouble for? Not acting when they had the opportunity...waiting...then a bunch of innocents are dead.
There is definitely a hard decision to be made to avoid unnecessary death of suspects, but honestly, if it results in more deaths of innocent bystanders then I'm not at all for it.