Posted on 05/09/2021 5:36:06 AM PDT by No.6
Now make them aim for an arm?
The problem is that police officers do not do too much shooting! In general, they are not that good at it.
What can be done by some Olympic contender or Hollywood movie star, is impossible under the stress of street confrontation.
An increase in police funerals is the likely outcome.
“Ga. PD launches ‘Shoot to Incapacitate’ program”
Sure. they should be able to shoot the gun out of a prerp’s hand like they did in the old Western movies...BWhahahahaha
“Buttock” is too risky. Aim for the “piggy that goes wee wee wee to the market”
And lawyers salivate.
EXACTLY!
I always thought that a gut-shot (a shot to the abdomen) was one of the most painful and deadly shots that you could make. One of those shots that you make on a bad guy just to watch him die in pain ...
Lash LaRue could jerk the gun right out of the bad guy’s hand with his bullwhip.
Now with this training, if an officer shoots and rather than wound a suspect, killing him instead, he can expect automatic murder charges for what amounts to being a poor shot under extreme circumstances.
I see a real problem with this.
1) A LEO shoots an suspect. The action is a justifiable use of force and it terminates the illegal action of the suspect, but the suspect lives. The suspect hires a ambulance chaser and sues in civil court for loss of income, pain and suffering and wins millions, even though the “source of income” is criminal activity Eventually the municipality is bankrupted.
2) Same scenario as above, but the suspect dies. A POS like Keith Ellison files criminal charges and convicts the LEO for manslaughter.
The “qualified immunity” defense is being attacked by liberals now.
3) Rather than take the shot, the LEO does nothing, for some of the reasons listed above.
Many of these perps who end up shot would have learned a lot from a wooden shampoo years prior. Instead they go from television land to cold reality in a fraction of a second.
Aim for the groin. Solves several problems all at once and it will incapacitate.
I think this strategy is more effective if the bullets are silver. Need to up LEO budgets accordingly.
Instead of a thug getting killed, he’ll probably be permanently crippled, and will still sue the police and individual officers.
The policy will also result in more cops being killed, and more cops will just decide that letting the thugs go is the best option.
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The old “Hickory Shampoo”. My grandfather was an NYPD beat cop back in the 20’s and 30’s. He said usually a little clout to the knees got perps moving along in the direction you needed. But today, things are vastly different.
Soon that will be the only kind.
Some Dems have already floated the idea of a national police force (like the USSR but they didn't say that). No more local cops. Don't call me Dim no more ...
At the end of the day, the issue isn't police using deadly force when deadly force is justified. It's when they use deadly force when it is not. If the life and safety of the officer or the life and safety of bystanders is at risk from an armed suspect then deadly force can and should be used. It's when officers use deadly force in other circumstances that causes problems.
I wish the men and women who’ve been keeping their boots on the necks of their fellow Americans at the behest of their state and local governments would keep that in mind.
Will the CDC consider the use of teaching doctors how to leech and diagnose the humors?
“Center of mass” doctrine exists for a reason. If someone isn’t presenting an immediate threat, you’re not supposed to shoot them. All this does is introduce stupidity in over a century of law.
I’ll bet that this policy is being pushed by the same booger-eating morons who are pushing the lie that math and logic are racist.
Mark
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