(July 21, 2016 at 6:08 pm)RoadRunner79 Wrote: Also just to note, in the recent crisis at the night club in Florida, I would not call the decision to shoot the perpetrator a "summary execution" for a "capital offense". It's not within their authority to make that judgment. However they are permitted to use lethal force to protect others and themselves. Which is sometimes going to be a quick and difficult decision (and yes mistakes may be made).
I don't think anyone sane is going to criticize the police for taking out a guy who is in the act of hosing down a crowd with weapons fire.
There's quite a bit of difference between that and shooting some poor fuck who is complying and then letting him bleed out without rendering first aid, for a traffic stop, no less.
C'mon, get real. The bolded above is not what we're talking about and I suspect you know that.
