You don't shoot to wound or kill. You shoot to stop the threat. death just happens to be the most sure way of stopping someone.Ace_Inthe_O wrote:Its ridiculous that the officer is even being questioned he acted in self defense after this man attacked him. This guy also had a history of criminal behavior which I assume the officer already being that he was arresting him. Do police even have the option of shooting to wound? Now we have some self proclaimed civil rights activist making this out to be a much bigger deal than it actually is.
As far as the officers actions, if he was arresting the guy and knew he was on probation, as soon as the punches started flying he knew that this guy wasn't going to go back to jail.
I say good shot sir. One less piece of garbage on my streets.