Why are we downvoting a fellow pede for asking a reasonable question? C'mon fellas.
I thought the same thing, "never shoot someone running away", but this guy turned around, faced the officer closest to him, pointed the tazer at him AND fired it at him before getting shot by the other officer. So the whole running away thing in this case isn't really applicable.
As far as letting him go and picking him up later, that's a really slippery slope.
Let's say they let him get away. Now he's all amped up, intoxicated, has no car... What if he steals a car trying to get home (thinking why not, if they catch me after all that shit I just did, what's a stolen car charge matter at this point?) I mean let's face it, he was willing to shoot at police to get away, so stealing a car to get away is nothing... and then he drives and drunkenly kills a family.
Then what? How could the officers live with themselves, knowing that they could have done something to stop it? Would they be liable in court for "not doing their job" leading to the deaths?
Or, what if he was a serious felon wanted on all kinds of charges, and that's why he wanted to get away so badly? Could be in another state and the cops can't see it right away in their limited car systems? I dunno.
Just saying, letting people get away after they steal your tazer and shoot you with it is a bad look for the police and public safety.
Why are we downvoting a fellow pede for asking a reasonable question? C'mon fellas.
I thought the same thing, "never shoot someone running away", but this guy turned around, faced the officer closest to him, pointed the tazer at him AND fired it at him before getting shot by the other officer. So the whole running away thing in this case isn't really applicable.
As far as letting him go and picking him up later, that's a really slippery slope.
Let's say they let him get away. Now he's all amped up, intoxicated, has no car... What if he steals a car trying to get home (thinking why not, if they catch me after all that shit I just did, what's a stolen car charge matter at this point?) I mean let's face it, he was willing to shoot at police to get away, so stealing a car to get away is nothing... and then he drives and drunkenly kills a family.
Then what? How could the officers live with themselves, knowing that they could have done something to stop it? Would they be liable in court for "not doing their job" leading to the deaths?
Or, what if he was a serious felon wanted on all kinds of charges, and that's why he wanted to get away so badly? Could be in another state and the cops can't see it right away in their limited car systems? I dunno.
Just saying, letting people get away after they steal your tazer and shoot you with it is a bad look for the police and public safety.