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Michael Brown Shooting: Is 6 Shots Normal for Police Use of Force?
Christian Post ^
| 08/19/2014
| Samuel Smith
Posted on 08/19/2014 1:40:34 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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Brown family attorney Daryl Parks points on an autopsy diagram to the head wound that was likely fatal to Michael Brown during a news conference in Ferguson, Missouri, Aug. 18, 2014. The family of Michael Brown, an 18-year-old teenager shot dead by a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri, paid for an independent autopsy which was carried out by Dr. Michael Baden, former chief medical examiner for the City of New York.
To: SeekAndFind
The basic rule of thumb is "If they keep coming, you keep shooting."
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posted on
08/19/2014 1:42:07 PM PDT
by
E. Pluribus Unum
("The man who damns money obtained it dishonorably; the man who respects it earned it." --Ayn Rand)
To: SeekAndFind
Yes - somebody that big high on pot and the cop with a girlie 9mm??
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posted on
08/19/2014 1:42:14 PM PDT
by
SkyDancer
(I Was Told Nobody Is Perfect But Yet, Here I Am)
To: SeekAndFind
Just to inflame the vigilantes....
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posted on
08/19/2014 1:42:19 PM PDT
by
The_Media_never_lie
(The media must be defeated any way it can be done.)
To: SeekAndFind
yes you shot until they stop coming at you.
When a 6 ft 4 inch nearly 300 piund guy is attacking you I guarantee I would unload until he stopped, and four in the arm is not going to make him stop.
So the media needs to back off trying to convict this cop and get back to the ral questions.
This guy was on drugs, attacking a store clerk, robbing a store and attacking a cop in 10 minutes.
Them thugs come out to rob, and riot, to shot at cops, throw bricks and bottles, and somehow these idiots in the media would rather blame whitey cop
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posted on
08/19/2014 1:43:39 PM PDT
by
manc
(Marriage =1 man + 1 woman,when they say marriage equality then they should support polygamy)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
6 shots is very low for police use of force. Most I read about involve a magazine dump at least.
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posted on
08/19/2014 1:43:42 PM PDT
by
thorvaldr
To: SeekAndFind
If that's what it takes, that's what it takes.
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posted on
08/19/2014 1:43:57 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
("Moderates" are lying manipulative bottom feeding scum.)
To: SeekAndFind
"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" Was he using a revolver? This is news!
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posted on
08/19/2014 1:43:59 PM PDT
by
Da Bilge Troll
(Defeatism is not a winning strategy!)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
exactly
You shoot until they drop, four in the arm is not going to stop a guy that big
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posted on
08/19/2014 1:44:18 PM PDT
by
manc
(Marriage =1 man + 1 woman,when they say marriage equality then they should support polygamy)
To: SeekAndFind
What is unusual is that the cop actually HIT him 6 times. Under intense pressure, many people can barely manage a 10% hit/miss ratio.
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posted on
08/19/2014 1:44:21 PM PDT
by
Blood of Tyrants
(The cure has become worse than the disease. Support an end to the WOD now.)
To: SeekAndFind
Well, you know Bloomberg would be happy with 6 shots. He wants to limit guns to 7, so this cop gave him a bonus round.
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posted on
08/19/2014 1:44:54 PM PDT
by
fwdude
(The last time the GOP ran an "extremist," Reagan won 44 states.)
To: SeekAndFind
that’s why I keep the 15 shot mag in my Ruger SR40C and the 9 shot mag as the back up.
For those times when 5 shots from my .38 Special might not be enough
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posted on
08/19/2014 1:44:56 PM PDT
by
digger48
To: E. Pluribus Unum
The basic rule of thumb is "If they keep coming, you keep shooting."Doesn't get more simple than that.
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posted on
08/19/2014 1:45:01 PM PDT
by
Ghost of SVR4
(So many are so hopelessly dependent on the government that they will fight to protect it.)
To: SeekAndFind
Not to mention that the cop has a busted face and he’s wired up. It takes what it takes to stop the brute force attack of a 6’2” 275lb savage.
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posted on
08/19/2014 1:45:09 PM PDT
by
raybbr
(Obamacare needs a death panel.)
To: SeekAndFind
I think when they choose to pull the weapon out it is to stop a threat and it is not unusual to empty the whole clip to make sure the threat doesn’t prevent them from going home to their family.
Not a popular view with some, but it does make sense and the way it is.
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posted on
08/19/2014 1:45:33 PM PDT
by
A CA Guy
( God Bless America, God Bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
To: SeekAndFind
“Yamin added that in split-second incidents, police don’t cock their gun but instead fire all the way through”
The article said this Yamin guy was a retired police officer. He must have retired a long time ago because that stuff he is saying applies only to revolvers.
To: SkyDancer
Uh, that “girlie” 9mm did the job.
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posted on
08/19/2014 1:46:40 PM PDT
by
1rudeboy
To: E. Pluribus Unum
About 50 pounds per 1/4 oz bullet. Sounds about right.
To: SeekAndFind
They should probably shoot him again just to make sure.
To: E. Pluribus Unum
Don’t forget the Officer just got a punch to the head ,vision could have been affected
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posted on
08/19/2014 1:47:04 PM PDT
by
molson209
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