04-27-2008, 04:19 PM
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Originally Posted by baloney_detector  Police are authorized to use deadly force in certain circumstances, with this incident appearing to be one of those circumstances.
So, if you ask me, it doesn't matter if the NYPD fired 50 shots or just a single shot....just as long as the rest of the public was not put in danger by these actions.
(You can play the race card all you want. But this incident and court proceedings aren't about race.) | "In certain circumstances". Whose word do we have for those circumstances? The cops who did the shooting? I used to put more credence into a statement by a police officer than I did into a statement by any other witness. My thinking: That police officers were trained to observe and less likely to make mistakes. That attitude was all well and good providing the officers were honest. I have since learned from personal experience that not all cops are 'honest defenders of the public'. I don't want to tar all police officers with the same brush, and I believe that the majority of them are decent people. But by accepting the majority, I must make room for the existence of the minority. That said: As 'gung ho' as these officers were to fire, and "knowing now what I didn't know then", I think something stinks, so to speak.
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