05-16-2019, 02:21 PM
(05-16-2019, 02:09 PM)Dill Wrote: First about the leg. No, I don't assume the officers were only shooting for the leg. But they apparently stopped once the guy was down. He didn't go down under a hail of bullets.
You don't know how many times they discharged their weapon. Again, you don't have the information needed to use this an an example of "shooting to wound".
Quote:I use the second example precisely because of its legal "variety." In this case, not shooting for body mass is why the woman is still alive. The officer is charged because he jumped a step or two and went to deadly force. He was "out of policy" for that reason. Had she a gun instead of a screwdriver, things might have been different. But we still see reports of police who handle similar situations--e.g. someone brandishing a weapon--very differently; in some cases, the subject goes down in a hail of gunfire, in others there is a stand off until the subject is talked down or surrenders.
You're basically stating that every scenario is unique, which is true. Also again, you don't know how this officer violated policy, he may have been out of policy by shooting at her legs as well as shooting at her at all. You don't know, so also again, you're using it as an example of "shooting to wound" is not very compelling.
