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USA: Tennessee police officer fatally shoots 40-year-old woman wielding an axe
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...#ixzz45EVK2VKi http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/t...woman-38217567 "I want to know why he did her like that," Ella Sweatt (Mum) said. "He didn't have to." http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/...0053624356.jpg The Brave Cop http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/...0053619082.jpg The deceased perp ----------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a tricky one as she was coming for the law enforcement officer and as he was backing away he was stopped by his vehicle and naturally feared for his life. The lady should have obeyed the command and she knew the consequences Views? |
It's fair, she had a deadly weapon and he gave her plenty of warning.
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If someone is running at you with an axe and refuses to stop then you're going to shoot
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but what would have happened in the UK?
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And another one and another one, and another black one bites the dust.
Seriously though you have a deadly weapon on you that you actually attempt to use then expect to pay the price. |
And another one and another one, and another black one bites the dust.
Seriously though you have a deadly weapon on you that you actually attempt to use then expect to pay the price. |
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Whilst I do believe that the hate for the US police force is totally OTT and most people don't realise what it's like to live in the US, I also believe that they shouldn't shoot to kill. They should be trained to shoot people in the legs or somewhere else non-fatal.
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I think the only way the guy in question is at fault is that he probably could have used a taser instead but I'm guessing what he did matches with procedure anyway. |
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When faced with a life or death situation you shoot to kill first. |
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In particular if you're in that situation where someone's swinging an Axe at you then you're just gonna be thinking about surviving rather than where to shoot the person. |
even pepper spray sometimes will not stop a druggy
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i mean why has a wee wifie like that got a medieval axe anyway?
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Its about using force that is appropriate for the threat faced. Someone coming at you with an axe is intending to kill, so it is perfectly reasonable to defend yourself with deadly force.
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He did the right thing and what most people would do.
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If you're trying to tell me that there's a high possibility of a small-ish female without any sort of training killing a larger person, who has seen her coming, using a small axe. Not an ideal situation, obviously, and in this case I can understand why the officer reacted and fired without time to think. However, I *still* think officers should be better trained in going for disabling shots and only shooting to kill when absolutely necessary. In this case there wan't even another firearm involved and (you would think) he could have taken her down non-fatally before she got close enough to be a real risk. |
Best case scenerio would have been to shoot to injure. Having said that, if someone were coming at me with an axe I'd just point the gun and fire.
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suicide by cop by the looks of things
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Apparently it's so common in the subways in Paris that most of the drivers are desensitised to it :umm2: |
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