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branford

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13. Missed shots are fairly common, particularly under stress.

Reply to lame54 (Original post)

Wed Dec 24, 2014, 09:23 PM

Dec 2014

If you read about any number of clearly justified police shootings, it's often mentioned how many shots were fired and how few actually hit, even among highly trained and practiced officers. It's the reason why officers are trained to aim for center mass to increase their chances of subduing a suspect without missing, and why demands that police shoot to wound are particularly ludicrous.

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Cop Shoots His Own Tire [View all] lame54 Dec 2014 OP

Nope, neither does the cop not wearing the body cam and the BPD showing edited video... uponit7771 Dec 2014 #1

Well, the tire was black... nt Mnemosyne Dec 2014 #2

And the tire was reaching for its waist pinboy3niner Dec 2014 #4

You know they would. :) nt Mnemosyne Dec 2014 #6

^this^ L0oniX Dec 2014 #21

I wonder if Martin had a cell phone with a camera? nt Malraiders Dec 2014 #3

Well, the tire was black -- and unarmed n/t nichomachus Dec 2014 #5

Rushed him. Downwinder Dec 2014 #7

tire had the face of a demon - n/t Locrian Dec 2014 #10

This message was self-deleted by its author Downwinder Dec 2014 #14

Well in all fairness, you have to shoot a tire because you cannot choke it out. Rex Dec 2014 #8

The decedent had a hi-point 9mm _Blue_ Dec 2014 #9

Yep. UncleYoder Dec 2014 #11

Especially with the serial number filed off. _Blue_ Dec 2014 #12

THere's no UNEDITED video of the decent pointing a gun uponit7771 Dec 2014 #17

Missed shots are fairly common, particularly under stress. branford Dec 2014 #13

In August of 2012, Jeffrey Johnson pulled out a gun and shot a former coworker. Calista241 Dec 2014 #15

I remember that shooting . . . branford Dec 2014 #18

bad marksmanship is all the proof you need?... lame54 Dec 2014 #19

it's not marksmanship. It's panic. Why would a trained officer pull the trigger while still drawing Calista241 Dec 2014 #22

Here's a video of it Politicalboi Dec 2014 #16

we may laugh at that... lame54 Dec 2014 #20

"A man is aiming a gun at the cops " NickB79 Dec 2014 #23

If the majority of criminals were smart, ManiacJoe Dec 2014 #24