Oh, cripes. If there ever was a justifiable use of lethal force by cops, it was with this situation.
Lethal force justified. Anyone remember the Philly MOVE incident where the cops used C4 to take out a block of apartments?
Yeah, and we have seen that tactic used repeatedly since.
Oops, we haven't.
There are many instances where the police departments have gone overboard against unarmed citizens.
One incident happened in NY that I can recall. The cops were chasing a woman in an unmarked car. She did not know they were cops. The word went out over the radio that she was some armed lunatic and several cars joined in the chase. She rammed one car (that cut her off) When she staggered out of the car they unloaded on her. Killed instantly.
The original infraction was a busted tailight of something like that.
This happens quite frequently. Yes, Dorner was armed and a menace to officers but what about all the others they have executed?