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You would fear for your life when someone is running /away/ from you? > While the driver was being handcuffed, Rose and the third occupant, Zaijuan Hester, att
by spraak 8y ago
You would fear for your life when someone is running /away/ from you?
> While the driver was being handcuffed, Rose and the third occupant, Zaijuan Hester, attempted to evade arrest by running from the car. Rosfeld fired three rounds, and Rose was struck by all three.
- merpnderp 8y agoHere in Oklahoma there was a police shooting last year at a rural church. An ex boyfriend showed up in the parking lot to stop the wedding and flashed a gun. Cop shows up, ex boyfriend races down the road on foot. Guy is made 50 yards away sprinting full speed, and you can just make it out on the body cam, but he twists quickly and points his gun at the cop, who just manages to shoot first hitting him in the head. The cop was an absolute ninja to make the shot while running, and likely saved his life or someone in the crowd behind him. Long story short people running with a gun can trivially turn around and shoot.
- nraynaud 8y agoAren’t they more likely to shoot if they are pursued?
- true_religion 8y agoTry running a justice system where police never pursue criminals.
- nraynaud 8y agoThe French police as a general rule (it's not absolute, but it's discouraged) doesn't pursue criminals in the Hollywood movie sense, they use traps and come knocking on their doors later. That's the trick with criminals: they are normal people who occasionally speed in front of a school or crossed the street at the wrong place, they still need a place to live and sleep. One prime example is that they are instructed to not pursue someone with a car on a highway (it's very common that drug transportation happen on the north/south highways in France), just block the exits or intercept at the toll booths. We live in a surveillance society (in particular in the US), the police has to adapt, it can save lives.
- sureaboutthis 8y agoSomeone who is armed like that is not one I would want wandering the streets freely. This is why police give chase. Not just so they can be prosecuted but to keep dangerous people away from the populace.
- rhizome 8y agoFortunately, the Supreme Court disagrees with your rationale.
- sureaboutthis 8y agoI don't know what you're talking about but I would quickly lock my doors if I knew such a criminal, as in this video, was wandering my neighborhood.
- rhizome 8y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennessee_v._Garner https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennessee_v._Garner
- geofft 8y agoAre you opposed to the Second Amendment?
- sureaboutthis 8y agoApparently you think the Second Amendment allows people to run from the police.
- geofft 8y agoRunning from the police is not a crime. Running from the police while armed is not a crime either.
- sureaboutthis 8y ago