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re: Powel Shooting footage
Posted on 8/20/14 at 11:11 pm to Malik Agar
Posted on 8/20/14 at 11:11 pm to Malik Agar
Based on the law, the cops were justified, but from a moral perspective, I wouldn't sleep good at night if I was one of the cops involved in that shooting. Once it became obvious that the man was using me to commit suicide and had no interest in harming anyone, I would have immediately gone for the pepper spray or Taser, or at the very most, just winged him.
EDIT: The man with the knife obviously belonged in a mental hospital, not a cemetery. I see him similar to the way I see someone who just took a bottle full of pills - both are crying for help.
EDIT: The man with the knife obviously belonged in a mental hospital, not a cemetery. I see him similar to the way I see someone who just took a bottle full of pills - both are crying for help.
This post was edited on 8/20/14 at 11:18 pm
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Posted on 8/20/14 at 11:31 pm to trackfan
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Once it became obvious that the man was using me to commit suicide and had no interest in harming anyone, I would have immediately gone for the pepper spray or Taser, or at the very most, just winged him.
Must be nice to live in the Matrix where you can slow down time and ponder over those thoughts. In the real world, these officers showed up at a call which I can almost guarantee was dispatched as a shoplifter and were faced with a man holding a knife. They were forced to make a life threatening decision in the time it takes you to wipe your arse and they chose to go home to their families.
Seriously, try for one second to even try and recreate in your head the adrenaline dump they experienced and your family rush through your mind as this person advances on you with a lethal weapon and tell me you would not have done the same.
Also, when in the video did it become "obvious" that he had no intent on harming anyone? A grown adult is advancing on officers with a knife. What do you consider intent to harm? Should they have only shot him if he said, "I'm going to stab you"
Posted on 8/20/14 at 11:34 pm to trackfan
You're a fool.
Posted on 8/21/14 at 7:50 am to trackfan
Does anyone know if they even carry tazers? I know in memphis and the municipalities surrounding the police do not have tazers.
Posted on 8/21/14 at 7:53 am to trackfan
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had no interest in harming anyone
uh... what?
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just winged him.
there is no "wing him" training in use of deadly force. only aiming for center mass until the target is neutralized.
Posted on 8/21/14 at 11:16 pm to trackfan
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...or at the very most, just winged him.
You do not train to incapacitate when using deadly force. This is not the movies. You have no idea how effective your fire will be. And what if the round you fire strikes an innocent civilian?
Center. Mass.
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