[cripplecreek]

One shot would have sufficed.

If he went down with one shot but any responsible firearms instructor teaches STSTT (Shoot to stop the threat). It means you fire as many center mass shots as it takes in rapid succession to end the threat.

I haven't watched the video but unless he kept shooting the suspect after he was down there is no unjustifiable number of rounds.

[2banana]

If he went down with one shot but any responsible firearms instructor teaches STSTT (Shoot to stop the threat). It means you fire as many center mass shots as it takes in rapid succession to end the threat.

The suspect went down after the first shot.

[griswold3]

“there is no unjustifiable number of rounds”
How many seconds does it take to fire 16 rounds?

[Wally_Kalbacken]

I only became familiar with this today when a breaking news flash announced the video release. But, in the video you can see some apparent evidence that shots hit the road surface in front of the guy’s by then prone body. If he had a knife and went down after a few shots, it would seem reasonable to stop at that point. Dunno, just glad it’s not me confronting street thugs.

I admit I know few of the facts and will wait to see what emerges as evidence and not as speculation.

Now in general, consider a thought experiment where the race roles are reversed. Large urban underclass of hyper violent white males who present a constant challenge to a largely black police force. Is there any reason to assume you would have either more or less incidents like this?

Discuss among yourselves.

[cornfedcowboy]

Once you look at the video you might agree with the charge. It is hard to tell though from the video if there is a pause in the gunfire. It has been said the officer shot the victim a couple of times. Then paused. Then unloaded the rest of the clip.
It is interesting to note that if video did not exist, the officer would still be on the force.

[Eagles6]

True. The guy turned out to be high on pcp, armed with a knife, looks like about 20' away, turns towards the cops and looks like he starts to move toward them.

We all know the 27' rule.

[DoodleDawg]

If he went down with one shot but any responsible firearms instructor teaches STSTT (Shoot to stop the threat). It means you fire as many center mass shots as it takes in rapid succession to end the threat.

When you watch the video you'll see there was no threat.