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Maybe explain to her that the Ferguson officer shot Brown 4 times in the arm. When that didn't stop the 300-pound man, he shot him twice in the head.knotquiteawake wrote:Just heard there was another officer involved shooting in that area. A nutcase with a knife held up a convenience store. When confronted by police he tried to attack and was promptly shot and killed.
A coworker was the one who brought it up to me. I commented that sounds like what happens when you attack the police with a knife. She was upset that they shot to kill him. I tried to explain that shooting to maim doesn't exist. If you're using your gun you're shooting center of mass until the threat is stopped. She said that was wrong. I tried to explain how difficult it would be to shoot something like a moving leg. She claimed to have shot a gun before and that cops should be better shots than us.... Now that I know how she really feels I'll be keeping my mouth shut about this whole incident and topic. I also mentioned that the officer in the Brown shooting had a fractured eye socket but she doesn't care much about that either, probably doesn't support the narrative she wants to believe.
I gotta learn to keep my mouth shut about these things. Don't want a visit from HR or anything...
One certainly hopes that will not be the case.knotquiteawake wrote:I have a handful of black and white friends where this whole incident has brought to the surface deep distrust of law enforcement (understandably so considering what they've shared with me). This incident has become their rallying cry or banner incident. But I think they've jumped the gun by not waiting for all the facts. Now that evidence of Brown's violent behavior has come to light they are embarrassed but becoming even more deeply entrenched. Even to the point where they are practically calling the theft accusations outright fabrications.
It's sad because they have legit concerns about discrimination and militarization but they've picked the wrong incident to push it with.
This cop is probably going to get railroaded no matter what the truth is.
And the first time someone got hurt or killed, you would be going straight to jail. Thus, I'm certain, you are writing ironically....or is it sarcastically?StewNTexas wrote:I still feel that if that was my store, I would place a few inward facing claymores around the perimeter of the store before locking up, they being connected to motion detectors.
From what I have seen on video, the loss of product would be about the same.
And that would be totally illegalStewNTexas wrote:I still feel that if that was my store, I would place a few inward facing claymores around the perimeter of the store before locking up, they being connected to motion detectors.
From what I have seen on video, the loss of product would be about the same.
When I was a LEO in Missouri we arrested a guy who had set up a trigger wire on a shotgun pointed at the door of his abandoned property because he had kids breaking in periodically. He told someone about it and they reported him. We went to the house, looked in the windows and could see it set up on the door. Lucky for him it was found before some kid got killed and he spent the rest of his life in prison for murder.Sec. 9.44. USE OF DEVICE TO PROTECT PROPERTY.
The justification afforded by Sections 9.41 and 9.43 applies to the use of a device to protect land or tangible, movable property if:
(1) the device is not designed to cause, or known by the actor to create a substantial risk of causing, death or serious bodily injury; and
(2) use of the device is reasonable under all the circumstances as the actor reasonably believes them to be when he installs the device.
The head shots may have occurred as the suspect leaned, lunged, or fell forward into the center of mass aiming point more quickly than the officer could adjust his aim.A-R wrote:Maybe explain to her that the Ferguson officer shot Brown 4 times in the arm. When that didn't stop the 300-pound man, he shot him twice in the head.knotquiteawake wrote:Just heard there was another officer involved shooting in that area. A nutcase with a knife held up a convenience store. When confronted by police he tried to attack and was promptly shot and killed.
A coworker was the one who brought it up to me. I commented that sounds like what happens when you attack the police with a knife. She was upset that they shot to kill him. I tried to explain that shooting to maim doesn't exist. If you're using your gun you're shooting center of mass until the threat is stopped. She said that was wrong. I tried to explain how difficult it would be to shoot something like a moving leg. She claimed to have shot a gun before and that cops should be better shots than us.... Now that I know how she really feels I'll be keeping my mouth shut about this whole incident and topic. I also mentioned that the officer in the Brown shooting had a fractured eye socket but she doesn't care much about that either, probably doesn't support the narrative she wants to believe.
I gotta learn to keep my mouth shut about these things. Don't want a visit from HR or anything...
