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So for every guy who runs away you need 5 officers to chase them? And how do you subdue him when finally confronted?
a) Yes if the first officer in pursuit is not agile or powerful enough to catch the guy. That is the law. Find candidates who will campaign on a "summary execution" law for misdemeanors if you think that is bad. I'm sure you'll go far.
b) More cops, tasers, non-lethal stuff is always being invented
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Your suggestion isn't practical nor does it answer the question of how to apprehend.
The answer as to how to apprehend is part of basic police science and procedure as mandated by law and followed by the vast majority of police. Just like the vast majority of Black Americans don't run around robbing and shooting.
What's not practical to a sane society is summary execution without trial for a relatively minor offense like running away. It's a LEGITIMATE slippery slope after that for summary execution for jaywalking, littering and then running--
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I'd say it is far more practical than pulling out a gun and discharging it in a public place trying to "stop" the person from running.
ALL THE FOLLOWING IS JUST FROM VIEWING THAT VIDEO. THE OFFICER IS INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY AND SHOULD BE TRIED FAIRLY . YOU KNOW, LIKE THE POOR GUY RUNNING AWAY SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN TRIED BEFORE HIS EXECUTION.
What, someone sensible thinking about where all those shots went, which have a kill distance of hundreds of feet from the officer.
I worked with thousands of criminals, and I sympathize a lot with cops, but from the superficial coverage of the fleeing driver's record this guy was not one the real scumbags who was beating on people all the time. He did some bad things, but had a job.
The poor bastard was obviously running- nothing visible in his hands --- and pathetically slow-- and the cop just lost his little bitch temper and kept firing and firing and firing-- It SURE looks like second degree murder to me.
If I was the US Attorney General and had the power, I would mandate a half day training class for all new police dedicated solely to the single concept of "Don't shoot an unarmed fleeing person in the back"
Set an egg timer to every five minutes, and when it rings yell
"Don't shoot an unarmed fleeing person in the back" you stupid mahfahs." throughout the class. It would work.
Make them watch this video 6 or 8 times, then have a filmed interview with the cops at his 5th, 10th, and 15th year in prison. He probably is prosocial enough to realize with time he fucked up.
He could explain how he lost his temper, felt insulted, and whatever had happened to loosen his inhibitions to the point he shot down that poor devil. it would help future police to avoid slipping to the same degree. I sure would like to hear that cop's blood alcohol content as well. Probably tested way too late to be useful.
This looked to me like murder, not first degree, but you shoot at someone that many times, you are trying to kill him.
As far as politics and "SJW" stuff, people need to realize you have to treat any underclass in your society fairly, even if they have a higher percentage of criminals. Otherwise they start acting like Boko Haram and killing as many people as they can!!! Yeah, a race war in America !!! Wouldn't THAT be great....
Prosecute the crime, not the social group.
Oh, and guess who's going to pay the child support for his kids now, folks? Poetic justice there.
YOU Mr and Mrs South Carolina taxpayers, are going to make ALL of his kids rich enough so they'll never have to work lol.
All because Wild Bill Hickok couldn't keep it in his pants. What a hero.