(October 4, 2013 at 9:04 pm)Brakeman Wrote:(October 4, 2013 at 7:12 pm)wwjs Wrote: The moment she tried to run an officer, they were justified to use deadly force. You think that if someone is running at an officer with a bat he's going to shoot him in the leg? Nope, he'll keep putting rounds in his chest until the threat is neutralized. PS shooting the engine won't stop the car immediately. Shooting the driver will.
If you know where to shoot an engine compartment, it will stop the car immediately except for the rolling, and shooting the driver wouldn't do any better.
If the cop didn't have a clear view that she was just a deranged unarmed girl, he had no business shooting anything. Shooting the engine was the right thing to do, shooting the young mother was not.
I hope the guilt consumes these officers.
It would be pure luck to shoot the right spot while a vehicle is moving. They did the right thing. It's also why it is stupid to try to shoot someone's hand rather than the body. You are taking the risk of many being killed instead of the just one.....the perpetrator.
