Gary wrote:
>
> George wrote:
> >
> > On 8/25/2012 10:22 AM, Gary wrote:
> > > The cops don't go to an office and safely work on a computer, drink coffee,
> > > and have a great day. They are sent out to deal with the scum that are
> > > everywhere. If I was a cop and a bad guy pointed a gun in my face, I'd empty
> > > my clip into him...one less worthless piece of crap. Better him than me.
> >
> > Without concern for the safety of others even if you were on a crowded
> > city street?
>
> Come on, George. Of course the cops have concern for that. That's why they
> often refrain from shooting someone. Keep in mind too....what if they don't
> shoot the bad guy and he starts shooting the innocent people.

Considering that the bad guy would have to draw his weapon before he
started shooting innocent people, it would seem that at that point there
would be justification to fire on the suspect in a crowded location, not
while the suspect was walking down the street with no weapon visible.

>
> Keep in mind too...all these decisions happen in seconds. Hindsight is
> always 20-20. Don't pick on the cops 'after the fact.' They did what they
> thought was best at the time and reacted how they were trained to respond.

We're picking on the training or lack thereof specifically, not the
individual officers. Their training was clearly inadequate given their
initiation of the confrontation in a crowded area when there was no
weapon visible at the time, their atrocious hit ratio and the excessive
number of shots fired.

>
> Funny how we are forgetting about the bad guy here and now pointing fingers
> at the cops.

We're not forgetting about a bad guy who was walking down the street
with no weapon visible and not presenting an immediate threat.