LogFAQs > #903538846

Patchwork posted...

It's a lose-lose situation.

If you don't shoot, what are your options? Let him run off? Pursue, and open yourself up to getting shot? Let him possibly injure or kill others?

If you do fire, you take the chance of injuring or killing a civilian yourself, or that you might just wound the suspect. He returns fire; now, you've got rounds going both ways.

The officer was within his rights to open fire. Was it dangerous to the public? Absolutely, but there are instances where that's going to happen. Police can't dictate where the confrontation takes place every time.

Thank you for taking the time to actually consider both sides of the argument. All the people pretending like they're cops or know what they do/how they operate don't seem to have any ability to do that.
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