Because doing so can lead to the officer's death. Same as we are taught in here in Ohio when you get a carry/conceal handgun license. You aim for center mass in order to increase your chances to stop the threat. You NEVER aim to wound a attacker.
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Meh. Maybe. I do not think that however is a foregone conclusion in all cases which end in a settlement without going to trial.
Remember, their "free" attorney gets 80% of the settlement. That means they keep 30k.
I've never argued that.
I've argued that cops shouldn't be escalating to lethal force without positively identifying a lethal threat, which was not present at the time Wilson fired, or in many of these other cases. Assuming that someone has a gun is not "positively identifying". An unarmed person acting aggressively is not a lethal threat. Etc.
There's more to the use of force spectrum than lethal force or "let yourself be shot stabbed or killed".
Never listen to Endus. The guy just exists to stir the pot. Clearly Brown was a threat. It was NOT murder to end that threat.
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this payouts need to be tossed out of course soon as the cops are found guilty..... fraking ridiculous.
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More than that. It showed Brown assaulted Wilson while Wilson was in his vehicle, breaking a facial bone near his eye, then showed, both through video and forensics that Brown grabbed Wilson's gun and pulled the trigger (finger prints and powder residue). Also showed the distance he was at while charging Wilson. He actively tried to murder the cop and was more than capable of doing so. There's been plenty of cops killed (one on video if you can find it, of a cop on the ground asking to not be killed after he pulled a truck driver over), by unarmed people, or even people mortally wounded (hence why there is no excessive lethal force).
This was done due to the 1 year anniversary events of Brown's rightful death, in which police officers were fired upon, the town had additional riots, destroying it once again, and the shooter was killed and another injured.
and then he cupped my balls...
A profoundly unjust ruling. The thug got what he deserved.
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