Originally Posted by
Animedude5555
NEVER shoot an attacker in the back. A person running away should be considered in retreat, unless after some time they then turn toward you or another individual and start to make a motion in that direction. You do NOT shoot a retreating adversary. That is COWARDICE to the highest level! When he was running way, they should have run up behind him, tackled him to the ground, handcuffed him, and performed a proper arrest. A criminal running away from a person NEVER puts that person in danger. Since he ran at them, then turned and ran AWAY when they drew their guns, their guns were already at the ready at this point. This means that the 21-foot test NO LONGER APPLIES. With their guns already drawn and pointed at the suspect, the INSTANT the suspect turned back toward the cops, or made any sort of motion toward any innocent bystanders, the cops could have shot him by simply pulling the trigger on their ALREADY DRAWN GUNS. This would take a fraction of a second, MUCH FASTER than drawing and then shooting. The 21-foot rule is NO LONGER needed in this situation. Being within 21 feet of somebody wielding a bladed weapon, but you have your gun already drawn and pointed at them, that potential attacker NO LONGER poses a threat to you. You do NOT need to open fire, just to make sure that you get a chance to attack before they do (as would be the case if your gun was holstered to start with). The cops here were COLD BLOODED KILLERS! They had no reason to shoot, other than they wanted to shoot, because maybe it had been a boring night, and these psycho cops wanted some action. You see, the problem with being a cop is you eventually get desensitized to violence, and actually start DESIRING a violent conflict, and you start to get BORED when you don't get to shoot a suspect. So then you start to look for ANY OPPORTUNITY to shoot the next suspect that you encounter. What happened here was nothing short of COLD BLOODED MURDER! No single cop should be allowed to serve in the field for more than 1 year at a time. After each year, they should take at least a year doing a desk job, to GET AWAY FROM the violent streets. When they serve in the field the get exposed to violent images, as they come across terrible crime scenes of utter brutality. This eats away at their humanity, and desensitizes them to violence, and actually makes them start to WANT more violence. These cops in this incident should be tried, found guilty of murder, and executed!
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