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Originally Posted by connexion123
Pull a knife and order people off a streetcar and then don't listen to the police, well likely you'll get shot.
Now, that being said, 9 times? Hmmmmmm.... poor shot or excessive, either way likely mishandled.
Seems to me that the tool chest wasn't exhausted, only the hammer was grabbed.
None-the-less, you take your life in your own hands when you break the law with a knife in hands and won't comply. Whether the police's response was correct, this guy provoked a situation that was likely to end badly.
I'm not pro nor anti police, just see this as a "what did you expect" situation.
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In their defence... of discharging 9 rounds.
When you are trained to use deadly force it is emphasised that you are in fact intent on killing the other party.
When a cop aims a gun at you he is telling you that unless your attitude changes..he is going to kill you.
Its not a bluff...its a warning.
Its deadly force....not shoot to stop force or shoot to wound force or shoot to leave an impression force.
Shots are aimed at center of mass to best ensure effective shot placement and a kill.
Its shoot to kill and keep shooting until the threat is eliminated or the guy is dead or both.
Once that trigger is pulled...you keep shooting until it is clearly over.
You don't take a shot...wait to see how the guy responds..try another one ..reassess ... and so on.
You are all in and so is the other chap.
In this case it took 9 rounds.
If it took 10 more...then thats how many more would have been fired.
There is no scale of deadly force that suggests that only a certain number of rounds fired to stop a suspect is acceptable.
None would be prefered but once one is out..... the gate opens wide and its virtually no holds barred until the target is neutralized.