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See you are trying to be a smart %!%, but at the same time you are talking out of your %!%. If the shooting is justified, why are the 10 shots not? 10 shots shouldn't have been necesarry, but what makes it unjust? Like many have said in here, cops are trained to shoot to eliminate a threat, so why does it matter how many shots they feel is sufficient? There is a reason criminals are sent to jail and not just killed on the streets by cops. Rarely is a criminal not dangerous, rarely is he not a "threat" and despite the fact that most of you don't know anyone who'd fight a cop, criminals do in fact fight back. Cops are trained to disarm these criminals, since you guys are making it seem like this man was a killing machine, have you ever heard of a cop walking towards a suspect to the point they are damn near face to face when the perp is holding a gun? No. If this was a shoot or be killed situation, sloppy police work turned it into that. The immediate threat was eliminated as soon as the pedestrians got within a good distance, that cop placed himself in that "life or death" situation, and for what? This man was not anywhere close to hurting anyone at that point, despite the fact he was a crazy man with a sledge hammer. Now had this man came towards the cop, by towards I don't mean turn around while said cop is standing behind you. I mean clearly showing his intent was to kill someone that's a different story. Tazering a (crazy, drugged, drunk, whatver) man and being close enough for his reaction to be to hug you if he wanted is just sloppy. Cause 10 times out of 10 your not getting a hug.Originally Posted by DoubleJs07
I think whatever police district that was involved in this shooting should just have Wade187 address other officers....I mean, he survived a crowbar attack (he's still here!!!) and he could discuss proper protocol when dealing w/ someone who is either high or crazy who has a weapon. Clearly he's got all the answers in this situation.
As I said before, IMO, the shooting itself is justified....10 times, not so much.
*I'd love for an ACTUAL police officer to chime in on the wrongs/rights of what went down. We have any cops on NT?