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In reply to the discussion: During hunt for gunman, LAPD shoot newspaper delivery women [View all]TheMadMonk
(6,187 posts)...more often and more colourfully.
The point being argued here is that cops, without warning opened fire on total innocents.
It's fucking ridiculous and INSULTING to ram absurd conclusions into the mouths of others.
Don't care how wound up they are. Don't care if they are shitting their pants at the thought that one of their own is coming after them and their families. If they can't even give lip service to proper procedure then let them bunker themselves in their fucking homes and play by Castle Doctrine rules there, not out in the fucking street.
THIS PERSON IS NOT A MAJOR DANGER TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC. The police most certainly are if this is how they react to threats specifically directed against them.
They IDENTIFY the target and make damned sure it's the intended.
They IDENTIFY themselves, and give the target a fair opportunity to surrender.
They shoot, ONLY WHEN THEY HAVE NO OTHER FUCKING CHOICE.