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In reply to the discussion: Family of deranged man fatally shot by cops in Times Square upset over use deadly force [View all]Posteritatis
(18,807 posts)11. Shooting a moving target in the leg is not nearly as easy as TV claims.
Complaining about shots missing while blaming the cops for not taking an approach that would guarantee more missed shots is especially ridiculous. Leaving aside the fact that you cannot specifically "shoot to wound," especially with something like a leg shot, all that would do is greatly increase the number of rounds skipping downrange (at which point people would be howling about what bad shots the officers are).
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Family of deranged man fatally shot by cops in Times Square upset over use deadly force [View all]
TomClash
Aug 2012
OP
I have no idea what the "deal" was, there, of course--I wasn't there. But I have been to
MADem
Aug 2012
#55
Cops (and gun carriers in general dont shoot to wound that a hollywood falsehood)
Missycim
Aug 2012
#27
If the cops were any good, they'd have shot the knife out of his hand
JustABozoOnThisBus
Aug 2012
#49
cops shooting a deranged man 12 times because he is waving a knife around is not justified. Ever.
Proletariatprincess
Aug 2012
#22
It's not like they shot him once, waited to see what would happen, shot him again, waited, etc.
AtheistCrusader
Aug 2012
#47
They had no taser, they were a couple of feet away and backed up against their patrol car.
MADem
Aug 2012
#58
And two professionally trained officers couldn't find a nonlethal way to subdue him
primavera
Aug 2012
#70
I find unnecessary police violence horrendous, but in this case it appears to be necessary.
PBass
Aug 2012
#23
if this backwards country had anything close to competant, adequate mental health facilities
SemperEadem
Aug 2012
#31
From the video, there were approximately 8 cops. Two felt it was necessary to shoot.
jerseyjack
Aug 2012
#32