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Originally Posted by kane
He was a ways from his gun. Did you see how fast that dog was on him? Sure, the dog bit the cop first but then the cop deployed the dog right after the shot was fired and the dog was on him in a heartbeat. He could have sent the dog and let him do his job. They could have chased after him. There were a few cops around include one that comes out of the side of the frame at the end that could have reached the guy. Someone could have tried tasing him.
Had the guy actually gotten close to the gun and appeared to be actively going for the gun, I can see shooting him, but this was uncalled for.
I understand I have the benefit of hindsight and I wasn't in the moment, but that doesn't change the fact that there were cops near the guy and near the gun that likely could have cut him off. Luckily, it seems, this guy wasn't killed. but to me, this was a massive mistake.
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He sure was a distance from his firearm. But you are working under the assumption that there was one fire arm while the police are working under the vastly different sets of assumptions... For all they know the gunman had multiple firearms stashed, or perhaps the man with the gun was only the bait to draw cops into an ambush.
Once a firearm is involved it changes everything. Police will do everything to resolve the situation peacefully, but once it goes south.... Using deadly force becomes much more likely.