[DiogenesLamp]

It’s not a ‘straw man’, it’s ‘Reductio ad absurdum’ and any post saying that a police officer is justified in shooting someone lying on the ground with their hands in the air just because ‘some people on the street lie’ is basically saying that a police officer is justified in shooting anyone, anytime anywhere.

And you don't think this is a "straw man" for my position?

[RedStateRocker]

Using the justification that ‘some people on the street lie’ when the person who was shot has their hands up, no.
the logical extension of justifying what this officer did is saying that even if one is supine, hands up they can still be shot with justification.

If they were shuffling towards an officer and refused to take their hands out of their pockets? Yeah it would be different.

I mean even if the officer had no reason to trust them, the guy is lying there doing any and everything you or I could or would do to avoid having their patient or themselves shot.

So, what should the person have done to avoid being shot?