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When an officer has reasonable suspicion that a civilian poses a threat to his life, he can shoot them. Once police start shooting they are trained to continue

When an officer has reasonable suspicion that a civilian poses a threat to his life, he can shoot them. Once police start shooting they are trained to continue shooting until the target is incapacitated. That's the law. Whether the recent shootings you saw meet that standard is up for debate.

runsWphotons 7mo ago
Also the officer should believe this threat is imminent.
rcakebread 7mo ago
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Cthulhu_ 7mo ago
Sure, there's procedures to arresting someone and when they are allowed to shoot, that's all fine. But the danger is that these procedures are not being followed, and that there are no consequences to it. That people get killed is a tragedy, but that the people that killed them do not get the proper training, guidance or consequences for their action is a problem.
cassepipe 7mo ago
Sure but the first was arguably unreasonable and the second one was omg are you f@##%&@ kidding me, didn't you see the video about a peppered sprayed guy on his belly on the ground then not possibly brandishing with no gun since it had just been removed from him ? It's fine to make reasonable sounding comments but for the love of God, a bit honesty wouldn't kill you. "The party told you to ignore the evidence you see with your own ears and eyes*
donkeybeer 7mo ago
Absolutely, likewise we should shoot ICE officers who come near us because we have strong precedent they are mentally unstable and prone to psychotic bouts of insensate violence. Since we have more than reasonable suspicion of threat to our life.
giaour 7mo ago
Beyond the reasonable suspicion of a threat to their life, the officer must believe that: a) the threat is imminent, and b) the threat will reasonably be mitigated by the application of force. An officer cannot, for example, immediately shoot someone who plausibly promises to murder them in 36 hours.

runsWphotons 7mo ago

Also the officer should believe this threat is imminent.

rcakebread 7mo ago

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decremental 7mo ago
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Cthulhu_ 7mo ago

Sure, there's procedures to arresting someone and when they are allowed to shoot, that's all fine. But the danger is that these procedures are not being followed, and that there are no consequences to it. That people get killed is a tragedy, but that the people that killed them do not get the proper training, guidance or consequences for their action is a problem.

cassepipe 7mo ago

Sure but the first was arguably unreasonable and the second one was omg are you f@##%&@ kidding me, didn't you see the video about a peppered sprayed guy on his belly on the ground then not possibly brandishing with no gun since it had just been removed from him ? It's fine to make reasonable sounding comments but for the love of God, a bit honesty wouldn't kill you. "The party told you to ignore the evidence you see with your own ears and eyes*

donkeybeer 7mo ago

Absolutely, likewise we should shoot ICE officers who come near us because we have strong precedent they are mentally unstable and prone to psychotic bouts of insensate violence. Since we have more than reasonable suspicion of threat to our life.

giaour 7mo ago

Beyond the reasonable suspicion of a threat to their life, the officer must believe that: a) the threat is imminent, and b) the threat will reasonably be mitigated by the application of force. An officer cannot, for example, immediately shoot someone who plausibly promises to murder them in 36 hours.