laughing dog
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Not immediately opening fire and backing off a bit. Opening fire should be the last resort.It's a distance that can be closed very quickly. In ~1.2 s at the speed St. Brian was going.
Immobile? Do you suggest they should have ran away from the knife-wielding maniac?
Coward? What do you think they should have done that would not be cowardly for you?
And if you have to fire so many rounds because you cannot hit your target, that is an indication that maybe you shouldn’t be firing until you are a better shot.
The protest was the blockade. Yes, the shooting was ruled justifiable. I disagree with that decision. The blockade was justifiable.Derec said:Protesting is one thing, blockading highways quite another.
And this shooting was justified. Unlike the Interstate blockade.
If one accepts your illogical premise that the only method of self defense against scary black men is to kill them, your argument makes sense.Derec said:Of course it is "protesting" in favor of the attacker. If you do not think police had the right to self defense against him, then you must presume that he was innocent of attacking them with a knife. Or do you believe police have no right to self-defense when attacked?
If one accepts your addled premise that the police and civilians have the same training and duties, your response makes sense.Derec said:If any civilian was charged with a knife-wielding schizophrenic, nobody would bat an eye at the civilian using deadly force to defend him or herself. So why should police get less right to self defense?