RE: 4 Officers Shot Dead By Snipers, 7 Wounded in Dallas Protest Against Police Violence
July 8, 2016 at 2:06 pm
(July 8, 2016 at 1:30 pm)Faith No More Wrote:(July 8, 2016 at 11:23 am)Tiberius Wrote: I'm sure we'll hear more details in the coming weeks. All I'd say is I think there's situations where there would be a justification to shoot someone you have on the ground. Bear in mind this guy was big, he was on his back (so he could see the officers), he was struggling, and he had a gun. If he were on his front, I would completely agree that the officers likely had no justification for shooting him, but you can do a lot more when you're on your back than you can when you're on your front.
So, de-escalation was not an option? They couldn't have tasered him? They couldn't have shot him in the leg to slow him down?
Lethal force is not the first and only option, yet too many people find it acceptable to shoot first and ask questions later.
FNM, "Shooting him in the leg" is lethal force in both legal and practical sense. Other than that quibble, I'm with you.
