[Hildy]

Obviously the man being struck didn't think the hitting was unnecessary...he kept fighting.

That's the point. A drugged up person is going to keep coming at you. Even a shot to the foot would be better than beating somebody to death, don't you think?

[mewzilla]

But shooting to wound is not procedure.

[lepton]

That's the point. A drugged up person is going to keep coming at you. Even a shot to the foot would be better than beating somebody to death, don't you think?

He wasn't beaten to death. He was "upsetted" to death. ...And what makes you think that a shot anywhere non-critical would have stopped him where a series of nightstick jabs wouldn't? Did you see them keep hitting him after he stopped fighting them?

[luvbach1]

No evidence he was beaten to death; in fact, evidence to the contrary.