RE: Fucking Cops: Volume II
November 25, 2015 at 11:44 am
(This post was last modified: November 25, 2015 at 11:45 am by Strider.)
(November 25, 2015 at 11:13 am)Chad32 Wrote: Even if he had a knife and was moving towards the cops, I wouldn't say lethal force is justified. That's supposed to be why they're issued tasers and pepper spray, right? That is if they don't just taser the poor guy to death anyway.
Officers are supposed to escalate force to a level above that of who they are dealing with. If the guy was charging them with a knife then, yeah, it is totally justified. Unfortunately, that was not the case here.
As to why they have tasers and pepper spray, those are alternatives to when lethal force is not necessary. The guy in this situation had a knife but was walking away, hence a less lethal option was warranted.
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