07-09-2016, 03:48 PM
(07-09-2016, 02:55 PM)Bengalzona Wrote: BTW- I am not necessarily unhappy that this POS was blown to bits (even though it would have been more poetic for him to do it to himself). I am just concerned with this tactic becoming so commonplace and standard among police that it becomes misused.
In my mind, I am less concerned about the use of deadly force in this situation than in the Minnesota shooting for example. In the Dallas robot bombing scenario the decision to use deadly force via a robot was slower and more deliberate which would allow for more problem solving to explore other COA. Whereas, in the recent police shootings in Minnesota and Louisiana the situations escalated quickly and the inappropriate use of deadly force was a result of poor judgment based upon the time constraints of the situation the officer faced. I remember watching the video of a police officer shooting a fleeing suspect in his back in Charleston, SC after a traffic stop for a broken tail light and thinking, "What the f___ were you thinking?" Every single incident of inappropriate use of force by police I am aware of involved poor judgment during a snap decision. I don't know if these mistakes were made due to a lack of training, a lack of experience, or the individual officers were effin' idiots. But, I'm more concerned about that than robot bombings becoming common place.
