I was responding to the poster who said he should have fired so as not to hit vital organs. Even if they don’t try to hit center mass, I imagine adrenalin would make every shooter a little wobbly.
It could also be why 10 cops empty their clips on one person. That happens a lot, too. The other reason is they’re like a pack of dogs. One barks and they all start barking.
It looked, to me, that after the man spun around, he took a shot and dropped like a rag doll. It looked as though the cop kept tagging a motionless person. The trial will clarify things, but the 14 shots after the first two will be near impossible to justify. There were 7 cops there I think.
Well-said. One source said only 2 of the 16 rounds were fatal, the rest landed in outer extremities.
Any intentional discharge of a firearm with respect to a suspect is a use of deadly force, even if the target is missed. Legally any use of deadly force must be justified by law and circumstances. An intentional “shooting to wound” is still a use of deadly force and must fit the same legal criteria as if the suspect dies. BTW, suspects can die of a wound thru shock or blood loss.
I know the role that perception plays in cases like this, but in the legal sense, one round or 16 amounts to the same legally.