From your link:
'He did have a taser, but in his mind, he couldn't use it because he didn't feel he had the proper spread to deploy it, with the wheelchair between him and Richards,' Storie said.
The guy in the wheelchair was probably travelling about five miles an hour. In all the time it took him to get across the parking lot, the cop couldn't have moved in front of him to get a clear shot with his taser?
"Remington's lawyer, Mike Storie, is now claiming his client 'had no non-lethal options,' a statement read.
I could think of one right off the top of my head: Stop the wheelchair. Grab it, shoot the motor, or even kick it over onto its side. Any of those options would have been better than pumping nine bullets into the guy.
If we're going to defend cops when they make justifiable shoots, then we have to refrain from defending them when the shoot is completely unjustified.
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Rorikon (16442)
2 years ago
YOU CAN'T STOP A MOVING VEHICLE! THAT'S TOO DANGEROUS!! Cop should've deployed spike strips at the front of the wheelchair or a pit maneuver.
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joej2923 (2959)
2 years ago
The cop gave him plenty of time to stop and put his hands up. There were more innocent civilians in that store that potentially could have been slashed or had their nuts cut off. The cop told him not to go in the store but the criminal did not comply.
The criminal could have stabbed the cop's hand if he grabbed the chair. Shooting at the motor probably would have also hit the criminal and endangered store patrons. Shooting at the motor is about as dumb as aiming for the leg on a moving target since the cops need to aim for center mass in order to stop the threat. The cop is not a ninja or martial arts expert so kicking over a moving wheelchair is probably quite difficult when an armed fatass is sitting in it. All of your ideas work in Marvel movies but they are not realistic.
The cop also didn't know if the criminal had a gun or other dangerous weapons. He brandished a knife but he could have had a gun or another weapon. By stopping and putting his hands up, the criminal would have been cooperating with the cop.
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KinkyInk (1693)
2 years ago
"All of your ideas work in Marvel movies but they are not realistic."
Ridiculous. It was a wheelchair. You don't need to be a superhero to stop a wheelchair. And I see you ignored my point about the taser.
You performing mental gymnastics to defend this guy just means your opinions shouldn't be taken seriously when you defend other shootings.
Pumping nine bullets into someone should be the very last option for a cop. You might be able to make an argument if the cop was taken by surprise. He wasn't. This is as cold-blooded as it gets.
I'm curious what the female cop was thinking. Bet it was something along the lines of, "What the fuck are you doing?"
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joej2923 (2959)
2 years ago
Your taser point is just a bad idea. The taser doesn't always work and it is harder to hit a moving target with a taser. You wanted the cop to jump in front of a moving wheelchair? Getting hit by a wheelchair isn't as bad as a car but the cop could have been knocked over and pinned under the wheelchair while the criminal stabbed him to death with the knife. Any other bright ideas? I would say that it takes a lot to stop a motorized wheelchair when an ARMED man is sitting in it.
Shooting the armed criminal was the last option for the cop after he had been pleading with him in the parking lot. The armed criminal was about to enter a store with a lot of potential targets. The cop was smart to shoot him before the armed criminal entered the store. People should know by now how to avoid death by cop. They need to stop, put their hands up and drop the weapon.
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KinkyInk (1693)
2 years ago
"The taser doesn't always work and it is harder to hit a moving target with a taser. You wanted the cop to jump in front of a moving wheelchair? Getting hit by a wheelchair isn't as bad as a car but the cop could have been knocked over and pinned under the wheelchair while the criminal stabbed him to death with the knife."
Good lord, that is stupid.
Did you watch the video? It's a fucking wheelchair, not a Road Warrior death machine. And the cop wouldn't be 'jumping in front of it.' He'd be hurrying to get far enough ahead of it, so that he could aim his taser as the wheelchair came straight at him. Not really a 'moving target'.
"Shooting the armed criminal was the last option for the cop after he had been pleading with him in the parking lot."
Sounds like you're as dumb as the cop. At least you're just making a fool of yourself on a message board, unlike him who'll be spending a long time in prison for being so stupid.
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