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Originally Posted by helterskelter808
In what way is that "stupid"? I would hope that's how every professional police force in the world operates. You'd rather the police were able to go around offing people for any non-threatening reason?
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This is the EXACT reason that there are now riots in the UK. The idiot kids KNOW the police can't do anything to them!
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Originally Posted by helterskelter808
If they can't shoot and kill how is this guy dead? Coincidental heart attack? If you mean they can't shoot to kill, why should they? They're police, not death squads.
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You knew exactly what I meant. They can't shoot to kill. And where did I say they should be able to? I was simply stating that they can't. This is why there is so much media attention around the shooting, because he ended up dead and they're asking were they using more force than was absolutely necessary.
(United Kingdom law allows the use of "reasonable force" in order to make an arrest or prevent a crime[23][24] or to defend one's self.[25] However, if the force used is fatal, then the European Convention of Human Rights only allows "the use of force which is no more than absolutely necessary".[26] Firearms officers may therefore only discharge their weapons "to stop an imminent threat to life".[27]
ACPO policy states that "use" of a firearm includes both pointing it at a person and discharging it (whether accidentally, negligently or on purpose).[28] As with all use of force in England and Wales, the onus is on the individual officer to justify their actions in court.[29])