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Originally Posted by alwann
Right or wrong, this I don't understand. Why did it take 7 shots, four hits, to subdue this guy? Four hits and yet he survived. Was the officer firing a .22? Was he poorly trained in arms?
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Why police shoot so many times to bring down a suspect - CNN
"The "textbook answer" is that officers fire until they've terminated a threat, according to Seth Stoughton, an associate professor at the University of South Carolina School of Law who studies policing.
Officers use deadly force on a suspect they perceive to be an imminent threat of death or bodily harm to the officers or others. In training, police are told to use force until that person no longer presents a threat, Stoughton said."
These threats to police officers, while posts on this forum might indicate to be new and original, have been going on for many years.....well, since any policing began.
We just have to learn not to create chaos, as we are pushed to do.
Protestors are just fine.....riots
never ever have been considered anything but lawlessness.
Why posts on here need to jump on one side or another is well beyond me, because who in the world are you speaking to. Even the most energetic protestor you can find will be anti rioting. Why does there even exist a question as to why they exist......they are not always, but mostly from outside agitators yet we
never criticize them.
Police need no defense.....someday, we have to discuss this rationally and
without creating sides