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Originally Posted by dead man
shocking there isn't an officer of the law registered here who can offer a more experienced perspective on the matter.
but yeah idk. guy provoked the police and they reacted the same way (i believe) he thought they would. whether they were "right" or "wrong" is a very fine line. apparently @ Diode knows everything about law enforcement protocol so according to him (and a few others) they were well within their rights to take this man's life.
whats more problematic is the humanitarian issues at hand. we all know that legality and ethics are far removed from one another.
does anybody watch the news regularly? is this being covered? |
no, the place diode trains at is owned by the top federal marshal in SC and is a former secret service agent. we also have a county cop and a local cop at the gym. we've been discussing this a lot lately.
my uncle is also a recently retired county sheriff up north.
you shoot at center mass, if that fails, you shoot the head. you can't shoot to wound - that's a lawsuit first and foremost (maiming) and secondly may not stop the threat.
this guy broke the 21ft rule, period. someone is coming at you with a knife. do you trust that they will be completely rendered motionless if your taser hits? what if it misses? can you go from taser->gun and fire enough shots and hit to stop him in time?
watch the mythbusters on closing distance with a knife vs. a handgun. might open your eyes a bit on your expectation.