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| Topic | Akron police fired 90 shots at unarmed, fleeing man |
| wackyteen 07/05/22 1:20:55 PM #314: | TinglesDingle posted... Are we in "agreeance" that 8+ cops unloading on one guy is too much? Yes, on paper. However if the 8 cops there all thought "the guy to my left/right will get him" then nobody would have shot and that's potential for the guy they're chasing to kill one of them. That's why their training was for them all to shoot individually. If he hadn't fired out the car, would 8 (or more) cops have even chased him out of their cars immediately? TinglesDingle posted... You and the other guy here want to try to skirt around the one single damning issue. HE WAS UNARMED.This was something the officers learned after the fact. The cops did not know he was unarmed. Or have any reason to suspect he had ditched his weapon. That's why they responded the way they did. If they knew, or it comes out that they knew, then it changes the whole dynamic of the interaction and appropriate actions would/should be taken against the officers. As the facts of the case stand, they did not know and utilized their judgment and training accordingly --- The name is wackyteen for a reason. Never doubt. ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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