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Originally Posted by Robbie
So cops aren't trained in how to take a person down?
My mom was a deputy sheriff. Two cousins are city cops. My step brother is a deputy.
I can assure you that every one of them was taught how take a person down to the ground.
As for bouncers...after playing in nightclubs from 1978 forward all over the country...I've seen them handle guys who had guns, knives, nunchucks, brass nuckles, broken bottles...you name it. None of those bouncers ever killed anyone.
I'm not saying that "deadly force" isn't needed sometimes. It is.
But NOT against an unarmed man.
IF the cop was going to shoot him...why not in the leg? Or the shoulder? Why is it that cops are shooting to kill everytime they draw their weapon?
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They are not required by law to get down in the mud and the blood as say a bouncer would be inclined to do. They can legally use whatever force they feel is necessary in any given situation. Most are trained to shoot center mass and fire a minimum of three shots...some are trained to fire non stop until the suspect goes down and is incapacitated to the point that he/she no longer represents a danger to the officer.