Posted on 08/19/2014 1:40:34 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
After a preliminary autopsy revealed that teenager Michael Brown was shot at least six times to the front of his body by a Ferguson, Missouri police officer on Aug. 9, a retired Baltimore City police officer who was involved in six individual use-of-force shootings in his 12-year law enforcement career, told The Christian Post Monday that, in general, six shots is not an overly excessive amount of shots for officers to take when trying to take down an assailant and protect themselves.
Robert Yamin, who was forced to retire on disability from the Baltimore City Police Department after being shot by an assailant with his own weapon, said that police officers must do whatever they can to ensure their safety once they get into an altercation and the assailant doesn't let up.
"It appears without having any real knowledge, just based on theory, that the officer was justified. The amount of bullets fired, you shoot whatever you need to stop the incident," Yamin said. "Until he stops coming at you. You keep shooting"
Yamin added that in split-second incidents, police don't cock their gun but instead fire all the way through meaning the shots will be less accurate because it requires more pressure to fire the weapon. When dealing with high intensity situations, it is in the officer's best interest to fire multiple times because these situations tend to happen so fast.
"The whole incident probably took place in two seconds, maybe three," Yamin speculated. "You can imagine what it would be like to go through four seconds of not knowing whether you are going to live or die, and it is all based on what you do in the next two or three seconds so you are making a decision, just split second."
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Yea, they make it sound like the cop was using a double action revolver or DAO semi-automatic handgun.
Or double action only semi-automatic pistols.
He had already assaulted the officer, punching him and breaking his orbital bone around the officers eye.
Apparently he had tried to get the officers gun.
This was a big guy, 6 feet 6 inches tall and 290 pounds...and not obese.
When he charged the officer, the officer rightly presumed this large guy who had already injured him, would probably over power him if he was able to get to him. He rightly saw this charging, big strong guy, as a threat.
So he fired until the big guy went down. Apparently toward the end, Brown either fell forward, or had his head own and one shot entered the top of his head and killed him.
I would have done the same.
Stupid question in title.
Yeah, exactly. The “normal” number of shots is whatever stops the dude.
You keep shooting, especially with a broken eye socket and the perp is coming back for a 2nd round.
Had this been a black cop, would they be asking this question?
Why did they crop Crump’s expensive watch out of the shot do you suppose?
Most of us pal , but trying to explain guns, shooting, and self defense against thugs to a left wing media fool is like pissing in the wind
yes given that his eye socket had been broken he May have had “slight” vision problems....
They keep coming, what ya’ gonna do. Run, get hurt or go home. I don’t want no one causing me to feel physical pain.
Isn’t’ happening, if I am conscious.
Shot until the threat ends.If the LEO was just "beat-down" his fine motor skills were impaired.
300lb 40 point buck bearing down on me (even if he hasn’t already blown out my eye socket) I’m emptying the magazine, rinse, and repeat....
So are we some how supposed to be wishing this thug were still alive, walking among us?
You shoot untill you neutralize the threat.If that takes six rounds so be it.
The reports that I've seen put Brown at 6' 4" and over 290 pounds.
Definitely a very large "kid".
When being rushed by a person with unknown intentions, empty the clip and explain later.
For those times when 5 shots from my .38 Special might not be enough
Whoa, that's certainly impressive......can we call you Rambo?
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