Yeah, and they deserve as close to a 100% chance as possible to go home to their families and for their kids to have parents. Reducing that likelihood in any significant way just to accommodate a criminal is not acceptable in my book. It’s strange to me that is even up for debate.
Thank you for asking the question Kornblut....
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If timeouts were handguns, the players and fans would have to wear bullet proof vests around Muschamp.
In all seriousness, just think about the incompetence and indifference you experience dealing with people on a daily basis. Or even your own mistakes; none of us are immune. And some people want to demand absolute perfection from an officer that has so much adrenaline running through his/her veins it’s hard to fathom. I’m amazed how well they actually perform in those situations on a consistent basis.
The kids were in the car with the knife, right? How much outrage if he reaches back and kills a kid?
And yes, a man holding a gun while a cop yells at him to drop it is a threat.
I suppose the takeaway is that the cop is processing "threat" to be to himself/her self and those around them etc.
It's not simple, and we're talking instantaneous decisions without sitting around to think about it.
Says a guy posting his opinion online. Perhaps you should take your own advice, shut up and concentrate on whatever job you do.
If he sucked at his job as bad as Muschump does, he probably wouldn't be out getting in crap he knows nothing about either.
I work for the CIA I'd tell you what I do but I'd have to kill ya. Do you think anyone at the protest with mention Officer David Dorn?
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I expect cops to take a bullet for me if necessary. If that's something they are not willing to do, then turn in their badges. They swear an oath to protect and serve, not shoot up everyone that scares them.
There is no justification for shooting someone in the back.
Let's say you were unable to detain someone is drug induced, who will not follow your orders and he or she lunges inside a vehicle after making a verbal threat to do bodily harm to you. Would you now stop and call in a social worker to talk to them? When your life is threatened, you will do what it takes.
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you’ve never been put in that situation - then what you just said is the most ridiculous thing ever - so by your standards , the officer should have let the violent felon grab the knife and stab him with it before shooting?
you are wrong - ignorance of what was happening
That’s the point people are missing - the officer sees him going for the gun and takes the appropriate action - problem is that some idiots expect the officer to wait until the guy turns with the gun and then have a shootout with him - if these same hypocrites were put in that same situation, they would have done the same thing or went to the morgue instead of going home. Wait until all the facts come out before making yourself sound like an idiot
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Regardless of your apparent belief that you have a deep understanding of the law enforcement dynamic and stage, if the criminal simply complies and doesn’t escalate the situation, everyone survives. It’s that simple. If law and order is to be maintained, that will not change.
Only stepping in to say: there was no gun, I don't know what DarnSteph is referring to. However, at the point this happened, whether there was a gun or not is completely irrelevant.
And the officers knew this how, particularly given what the guy had just said? I swear some of you act like these incidents should be treated as counseling sessions. Those sections of roadways named for slain law enforcement officers are testimony to the Mr. Rogers approach.
I have been a Muschamp supporter. I am now a baby step from the #notadime club.
Interesting tangent. The supreme court ruled that the police are not obligated to protect someone who is not "in custody".
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