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They talked about this one over at The Truth About Guns. As is usually the case, the comments run the gamut from "the guy needed killing," to more reasonable reactions which I myself could agree with.What's your opinion? Was this a justified shooting?
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1. It's likely that the man here was under the influence of some drug. He didn't go down when hit by a Taser.
ReplyDelete2. The police tried commands and a less than lethal weapon first. That didn't work.
3. The man threatened an officer with that pipe.
Conclusion: The shoot looks legitimate.
I do have to wonder why the officers are shooting their handguns one handed. In addition, is that reporter Ed Begley, Jr.'s long-lost brother?
The video was frozen just before the shots were fired. But before the video freezes, it looks like he was about to take a big swing at one of the officers. That officer was in the process of ducking away. Based on what could be shown, I would say that the shooting was indeed justified.
ReplyDeleteThe person shot could also have been doing whats called "suicide by cop", knowing full well that breaking out windows was going to end up having the police called on him. And hung around untill the police arrived to take a swing at the police. It looks like he had provoked the ending like this. It looked like he was using a concrete pick or a large tubing bender. Both of which have a fairly heavy head on the end of the handle, it could infict a lot of damage or death to someone.