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Old 02-20-2011, 12:49 PM   #43
Fred Brackin
 
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Default Re: Overkill on a Mozambique drill

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Originally Posted by Verjigorm View Post
Which is an erroneous conclusion. I don't really understand the confusion here: the person was shot by a police officer for some reason. While police do shoot the wrong people from time to time, I don't think we should expect our police officers to place themselves in more harms way by assuming the dead or incapacitated person can't do anything in response. When lethal force comes out, I like err on the side of safety, rather than the side of "nice".

For some places, where violent crimes are rare, I can see how this behavior could be seen as harsh or whatever.
The assumption might be that the cuffs came before the shooting. It happens that wau someplaces though the worst I can remember in the US reecently is people being tased after they have been cuffed.
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