I'm familiar with this. IIRC, the media played it heavily and the officers involved were portrayed poorly. I believe the officers were correct in their actions. My greatest hope is that the results of this incident does not make the officers involved question themselves should they face similar incidents in the future.
Please answer yes or no.
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RetLawman590
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I don't think that is a yes or no answer; however; if I felt my life or that of my partner was in danger than YES! That is when the use of deadly physical force is justified.
photoman
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AZretired
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With half a second to assess, YES
G.T. Smith
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Yes, but if they knew he was "intoxicated" before the incident occured he prolly couldn't have hit anything, even with a cell phone. I can hold a 12 pack just fine, but 1 or 2 beers and I can't hit anything. But when your life or the life of a partner is on the line you must act quickly. How stupid was that dude anyway?
gordon
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The reason for the guy running was not known. He was in a Cadillac belonging to his girlfriend. They were having some domestic problems. His being intoxicated was not known until after the shooting. Of course, he had spoken of suicide prior to this incident and had other problems in life that he was not wanting to deal with.
Had it been a real cell phone gun, he would have had three shots and at close range would have been hard pressed to miss.
WoodsCustom
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Yep.
WC
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Now view this site and see if you would hesitate in shooting.
Michael Finney's Consumer Blog: A gun disguised as a cell phone?!
Michael Finney's Consumer Blog: A gun disguised as a cell phone?!
Based solely on the information provided, yes.
But that is the problem with this snap decision is the officers had more information, maybe not a whole lot more but the devil is always in the details.
Trust me I know this well.
But that is the problem with this snap decision is the officers had more information, maybe not a whole lot more but the devil is always in the details.
Trust me I know this well.
borntoraisehogs
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Not even close . I would empty my weapon into that creep, watching for reaction , reload and fire until the I could tell the threat was neutralized . .
badam0112
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As he walked away he swung around to his left again and aimed it at one of the officers. That is when they shot him. I would have shot him too.
LuddhaBuddha
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He would be gettin a dirt nap if I was the cop.
snubshooter
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From his body language HE THINKS it's a gun I have to react the same way. RULE#1 my partner and I go home to our families at the end of shift (unless I have to sacrifice myself for the life of an innocent... part of the job)
