Reply #36: Diallo was shot 41 times

[Romulus]

by four police officers who *thought* he was shooting at them.

Grand jury said they were justified because the police, like a CCW holder, shoot to STOP, not KILL.

You shoot until you are no longer in danger, be it 1 shot or 30. Maybe the perp dies, or maybe they just fall down or run off.

How it Feels to Get Shot (Chicago sun-Times)

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""People don't even get knocked backward when they get shot, but you see this in the movies all the time," says Fackler, a retired military surgeon in Florida who had testified about ballistics in dozens of court cases. "Unless the guy gets hit in the head or the spine, the most common reaction to getting shot is no reaction at all."


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