[Ammi]

...I don’t understand why it so often seems to be shoot to kill...Surely tasers could have been used or a shot to disable him so an arrest could have been possible...

[Cherry Christmas]

Or shoot him in the leg

[arista]

Originally Posted by Ammi

...I don’t understand why it so often seems to be shoot to kill...Surely tasers could have been used or a shot to disable him so an arrest could have been possible...

Not all forces have Tasers

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by arista

Not all forces have Tasers

...what about shooting to disable and prevent, rather than kill, then...(...assuming there’s was no tasers available for this force...)...loss of life should always be a last resort, rather than a first reaction, which is sadly too often seen to happen...

[bots]

Originally Posted by Ammi

...what about shooting to disable and prevent, rather than kill, then...(...assuming there’s was no tasers available for this force...)...loss of life should always be a last resort, rather than a first reaction, which is sadly too often seen to happen...

you never shoot to disable Ammi, its next to impossible and requires extreme skill, not something most cops will be trained for. If they shoot, they intend to kill

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

you never shoot to disable Ammi, its next to impossible and requires extreme skill, not something most cops will be trained for. If they shoot, they intend to kill

....but police officers swear an oath to disable, in effect...putting an armed weapon into the hands of a police officer without giving the training required to adhere to that oath wherever possible is really enabling the ‘killing of’ and very far from upholding law and order or even attempting...is the point...I mean, we wouldn’t accept that from a medical person who took an oath, would we...oh sod it, let them die...


‘I will respect the humanity of those whom I encounter, both victim and suspect alike. I will treat life as sacrosanct and will only use deadly physical force as a last resort. If I must employ deadly force, I will strive to preserve life once it has been applied.‘

[arista]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

you never shoot to disable Ammi, its next to impossible and requires extreme skill, not something most cops will be trained for. If they shoot, they intend to kill

Yes it's the American Police Force

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by arista

Yes it's the American Police Force

...an American Police Force oath...

‘I will respect the humanity of those whom I encounter, both victim and suspect alike. I will treat life as sacrosanct and will only use deadly physical force as a last resort. If I must employ deadly force, I will strive to preserve life once it has been applied.‘

[bots]

Originally Posted by Ammi

...an American Police Force oath...

‘I will respect the humanity of those whom I encounter, both victim and suspect alike. I will treat life as sacrosanct and will only use deadly physical force as a last resort. If I must employ deadly force, I will strive to preserve life once it has been applied.‘

Ammi, someone who is repeatedly asked to drop a knife he is carrying that continues to advance toward the police is a last resort scenario.

I fully respect that people are unlawfully killed by police in america and they should be held accountable, but the reporting of this event doesn't suggest that is applicable in this case

responding to a call about a man armed with a knife.
The responding officers ordered Wallace
“several times” to drop the knife and he
continued to “advance towards” them,
according to a statement