why the cops did that?!! spoiler
spoiler... why the cops shooted them? they didn´t had arms... they could just catch them... that was assassin instict... that was easy trigger...
ok, it was a great movie, i am just asking...
Why should they not shoot them. Kobish had killed the old garbage collector and the three of them had terrorized this family for days on end. They were scum. Why not shoot them? Assassins, my foot!
TJB
First, the police had no idea if the suspects were armed or not. Secondly, in the 1950's the "fleeing felon" rule was common place. In other words, you run from the cops, you get shot.
(By the way, we can still shoot fleeing felons. However now they must be violent felons and other forms of force must have been exhausted or be unreasonable.)
They knew that there was only 1 gun with bullets and Bogie tossed the only gun (or item for that matter) in his hands at the spotlight. He was clearly unarmed at that point.
share^You're assuming the cops knew what went on in the house, like we do. They don't. Even though Bogie tossed the only gun in his hands at the spotlight, for all the cops know Bogie could've taken the loaded gun away from Hilliard and hidden it on him.
Also, we're assuming the lead cop told each and every sniper and cop, that 1 gun had 3 bullets and the other was empty. I didn't hear any walkie-talkies crackling, or see any attempt to verbally relay this info.
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