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Old 08-20-2014, 08:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Advogado View Post
If one bullet was justified, then 6 probably were. The media commentators focusing on 6 shots apparently have little knowledge of firearms and combat-shooting situations. If you are justified in firing that first bullet, you keep shooting until the threat is eliminated. Remember that with a semi-automatic pistol (now standard police-issue and bad-guy carried), six shots can be fired in a couple of seconds--in a stress situation and not having time to carefully aim. Given the number of shots in Ferguson's arm rather than his torso, the officer apparently did not have time to carefully aim. (By the way, frequently, one or two shots will not stop a determined attacker
First, the person killed was named Brown, not Ferguson.

Secondly, the fatal bullet was to Brown's head - the TOP of his head. He would have to be on the ground for that to happen. It was shown in the autopsy.