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I certainly can’t. I can readily imagine scenarios where I would be unable to stop a criminal from taking lives without using deadly force. Perhaps that’s just
by User23 6y ago
I certainly can’t. I can readily imagine scenarios where I would be unable to stop a criminal from taking lives without using deadly force.
Perhaps that’s just a failure of my imagination though. Please elaborate on how you would effect the arrest of a criminal who is actively using deadly force in an attempt to cause grave bodily harm or death to yourself or other innocent persons?
I’m quite serious by the way. Using deadly force in self defense is a nightmare of legal fees and moral anguish under the best circumstances, so I’m very interested in reliable and reliably non lethal methods to stop, which is to say “arrest,” someone who is physically my superior and in a frame of mind where he intends to do grave bodily harm to me or persons I’m meant to protect.
- AI_UI_UX 6y agoOne suggestion I heard recently is giving police Brazilian Jiu-jitsu training. You can hear it discussed in detail in a podcast here. https://samharris.org/podcasts/246-police-training-police-misconduct/ https://samharris.org/podcasts/246-police-training-police-mi...
- bastawhiz 6y agoMost police shootings are not in scenarios where the individual being shot is actively taking lives. Almost all of the situations in the linked article describe cases where the person killed was running away, was complying with orders, or otherwise could have been apprehended without the need for lethal force. There are numerous non-lethal weapons that police are equipped with that could be used to subdue an alleged criminal: pepper spray, rubber bullets, tasers, etc. Even folks who are threatening the lives of others are entitled to a fair trial. Lethal force may be allowed, but that doesn't mean that the police should use it. The right to a fair trial applies to everyone, not just the folks who police don't shoot to death.