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In reply to the discussion: Dallas shooting: suspect killed by police wanted to 'kill white officers' [View all]HeartoftheMidwest
(309 posts)....that stated that any lives were at risk at that point. I have stated previously that IF peoples' lives were genuinely at risk ( how many LEO's were wounded during this exchange in a parking garage?? None that I've heard of ) then this was certainly justifiable to end the standoff. But I haven't seen any information on that yet.
And you aren't in the least disturbed that police are now REMOTELY BLOWING PEOPLE up???!!! Maybe next time they can just use a drone strike??? Who needs a pesky trial??
The reason I bring this up is that I remember the blood frenzy in CA when a black police officer killed other LEOs after declaring war on them: (from the Wiki article):
"In two separate incidents during the manhunt, police shot at three civilians unrelated to Dorner, mistaking their pickup trucks for the vehicle being driven by Dorner. One of the civilians was hit by the police gunfire, another was wounded by shattered glass, and a third individual was injured when police rammed his vehicle and opened fire.[7][8]"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Dorner_shootings_and_manhunt
The LEOs looking for that suspect in CA were opening fire on any vehicle that even LOOKED like the suspect's vehicle, including one that was slightly similar, but an entirely different color! ( Almost killing two women who were out delivering newspapers. ) Those LEOs were determined to KILL Dorner, even when unprovoked at all, and without verifying that Dorner was even IN any of the vehicles that they shot at.
I just don't want law enforcement, in their anger and passion, killing people summarily. They have an obligation....duty...to try to use whatever means are necessary to end the manhunt with a suspect in captivity. If the suspect jumps out, guns blazing, a shooting is justified. If the suspect had an avenue of escape, and could have caused more harm, a shooting is justified. So far, haven't seen any proof of that.
Again, why are police REMOTELY blowing up suspects????