[kiryandil]

If you accept the fact that cops are justified in emptying their magazines into anyone or anything they claim they feel "threatened by" as 'self-defense', then you are comfortable living with a police state and NO - you cannot reason with me about such a justification. Period.

And speaking of "emptying their magazines":

Schizophrenic man armed only with pellet gun 'had no face after being shot 80 times' by Texas cops
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3200287/posts

I posted it originally because I was gob-smacked by the size of the barrage. Later, I discovered something(s) disturbing: a "gate guard" at the truck stop where this happened actually determined by talking to the guy that he was carrying a pellet gun. The "civilian" guard then informed some of the swarms of officers who arrived to harass the "dangerous" peasant about the pellet gun.

A couple of the officers fist-bumped afterwards, and one took a picture of the bullet-riddled corpse with his cell phone. Party on, Garth! Schwing!

See post #61 for the followup information, and a video interview with the CFO of the truck stop, who was none too pleased at the spraying of lead, unannounced, and the perceived lack of professionalism amongst the shooters.

[ctdonath2]

There’s a difference between shooting a guy coming at you with a knife with full obvious intent to kill you, vs liquifying a guy (and gloating about it) you know is carrying a mere pellet gun.