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https://www.fox23.com/news/trending/man-shot-killed-by-police-after-fight-over-wearing-mask-reports-say/CE6ORWE6UVBBPGOLCZZTREBRQI/43 yr old male stabs a 77 yr old make who confronted him about not wearing one. Dumbass 43 yr old flees, later to be confronted by a sheriffs deputy. He draws a knife, and doesnt drop it when ordered and the deputy promptly removes him from the gene pool.
Initech
(100,138 posts)Aristus
(66,522 posts)One less Mississippi idiot can't be a bad thing...
roamer65
(36,748 posts)Sadly. Its pretty red out there.
Aristus
(66,522 posts)Still, a Trumpster state.
I am not moved to tears...
roamer65
(36,748 posts)The cities and suburban areas are very blue now.
llmart
(15,566 posts)Take a look at our 2018 election results. It was a blue tsunami. The idiots that get all the attention are mostly from the rural, less populated/less educated areas and there are many of those areas in Michigan.
likesmountains 52
(4,100 posts)flor-de-jasmim
(2,126 posts)Or is that only on tv?
ProfessorGAC
(65,381 posts)You don't really believe;
a). All cops are good enough shots to hit a 3x3 inch target, under duress?
b). They are not trained to target center of mass?
That wounding the leg thing is mostly TV & movies and limited to the best of the best marksmen.
Johnny2X2X
(19,254 posts)You aim for the center of mass, it's the safest way to assure you hit them. This guy was totally unhinged charging an officer with a knife in his hand, this was a just shooting, you just wish he could have survived.
TeamPooka
(24,291 posts)rarely are police shootings this clear cut with justified force.
drray23
(7,638 posts)but your point still holds.
LisaL
(44,982 posts)How easy to do you think to try and shoot someone who is moving in a small target like knee?
miyazaki
(2,257 posts)wait for it,
irisblue
(33,053 posts)stopdiggin
(11,407 posts)You might find a rare officer, or a rare incident -- but mostly they're gonna' get their ass chewed for not following training. And anything that is moving is damned hard to hit, period.
Initech
(100,138 posts)drray23
(7,638 posts)The guy clearly charged the deputy. She asked him to drop it several times he kept advancing and lunged at her. She backed away and started shooting. He kept coming at her. This guy must have been on pcp or something. It took many bullets to stop him.
roamer65
(36,748 posts)LisaL
(44,982 posts)Autopsy will tell.
Siwsan
(26,320 posts)Wow. He just didn't stop.
roamer65
(36,748 posts)Probably on meth or PCP.