Video emerges of Minneapolis police killing a citizen - - Riots

[Commander Wallace]

Originally Posted by Onkel Neal

If it's a static situation, in good light, where the suspect is standing still and the police have a good clear shot and a wounded perp doesn't pose a threat, maybe they would try to take him down in the leg.

But when it's night, and the perp has been punching you, grabbing weapons off your belt, is running like an NFL linebacker and then turns and takes aim at you with maybe your taser, which means if he tases you he could walk right up and take your service weapon and shoot you, or maybe it's a .38 revolver you missed when you conducted a non-cooperative pat down: in this situation just shoot the fool.

There are thousands of cases where black people interact with the police every day in the US and nothing goes south because most black folks are intelligent, reasonable people. The ones we see getting shot are the knuckleheads and criminals (in most cases).

It's like the 7:45 morning subway commute. The train arrives at the designated time, people file in and take their places, the door closes and the train begins to depart the station. The guy who comes running up late and misses the train, well, he missed the train, everyone else seemed to have no problem.

Good point. The problem with leg shots are they can be lethal as well. If the femoral artery in the thigh is shot out, the individual will probably bleed out before help can arrive. It's obvious that good officers have their hands full on a daily basis. I don't envy them and or their jobs.

Originally Posted by u crank

Well it's not to hard to predict the future. Well meaning and qualified people will start to see law enforcement as a career that is just not worth it. And what that means is that the less qualified and totally unsuited for a career carrying a gun, for a lack of personal, will become more prevalent and the cycle will continue.

Not sure what the answer is. Robocop maybe?

I feel the same as you. It's obvious that mentally deficient people are becoming police officers and many officers regard any regulations on their actions as " politics. " Quite the contrary, for many, it's a matter of life or death.

I suspect the officers that are leaving are those that operate on the fringes of the law and don't know how to operate in a legal fashion. They feel that's it's only a matter of time before they would be charged, criminally. To them, I would say good riddance.

Other good officers that can work within the framework of the law would be well qualified to teach and train other young recruits how to do their job, properly. These training officers would be worth their weight in gold. As you said, Marcel, I'm not sure what the answer is.