Man in mental health crisis shot police dog that was biting him, so eight Utah cops firing 51 shots to kill him were 'justified'
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Public execution happens anytime a cop gets shot
Egh. If, in theory, I'm firing and I think there is a danger there 6 bullets ain't really excessive. I'm not saying these idiots were justified but there were eight cops.
Two shots, then reassess — that makes sense to me.
Come the adrenaline and it's just squeeze the trigger til nothing happens any more.
What doesn't make sense to me is shooting this guy. Maybe it'll make sense if/when we're allowed to see what happened. That happens, sometimes.
Not often, but sometimes.
It's not a split second decision when they already plan on killing the person.
How long does it take to fire those many shots? It wouldn’t be “mere seconds”, would it?
8 cops all shooting at once would only need to fire 7 times and that even has a few misses. That could actually be done insanely quickly.
With that said, I don't think we need to play "devil's advocate" to justify this situation at all and I think it's highly inappropriate. Either the cops are highly trained professionals or they're scared idiots. If the police with all their 'training' can react like scared idiots then at least the same level of leeway should be given to the people they constantly assault.
You could get 6 shots off easy in a few seconds.
https://www.aspca.org/about-us/aspca-policy-and-position-statements/position-statements-law-enforcement-response
https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/police-kill-dogs-alarming-rate-170111652.html
Therefore, by their own logic, shooting cops is justified. They shoot dogs like it's their job, and they regularly brandish weapons at people.
America has a gun problem.
Fuck any fucker who shoots a dog.
Fuck any fucker that weaponizes animals to enact state violence upon innocent citizens.