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Originally Posted by MisterPeabody
Hey Doc, calm down. Here's a fucking suggestion for the police:
How about shooting the fucker in the LEG? How about shooting him with a dart like they do wild animals to make them go to sleep?
(The lasso idea wouldn't work cause he'd chop his way out with the sword.)
Sorry Doc but I'm with AmputateyourHead on this one. The cops had HOURS to think this thing through, to try alternative methods of stopping/capturing this dude. All they did is what I posted above; in frustration do what small-minded people ALWAYS do: resort to the simplest, most cowardly form of violence available.
No defending these cops. But then again, I live in NYC and am used to many people defending the Police no matter WHAT they do and justifying it by saying "I felt threatened so BLAM!"
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I think you're agreeing with me... Shooting him in the leg is deadly force, shooting him is the key. It's not deadly force because you kill them, it's deadly force because a deadly type of force was used to diffuse the situation.
I understand why they didn't shoot him at the cliff - even though it should have been authorized to do so. However if they missed or the round went through, it could hit a house or person below them.
Once he proceeded to back up to the edge of the cliff and look like he was going down the cliff, the cops did what they could to stop him, which didn't work. If they would have only used deadly force sooner, he would probably be alive.
I'm not really sure what alternative solution you think the cops should have taken.