when it’s a wanton, especially armed, criminal where there is a good chance if they get away they will harm other people. I think in that case, you have to stop them, but not necessarily emptying your gun at them.

In others cases, like what appeared to happen in Atlanta, shooting is questionable. This one does have an obvious struggle and a suspect grabbing a taser, but — in the comfort of my house, not having to make a split second decision — the shooting doesn’t appear necessary. Then again, if they pulled him out of car, threw him down, got on his back to handcuff him to avoid any chance of a struggle, they would have been criticized too.

My gut says that they should have let him run, and tracked him down, unless they knew he beat up the driver and carjacked the car. That ain’t the case here.

or that citizen was hurt or killed.

say, 1963-My family got a VIP tour of the FBI building with Deke DeLoach his own self. (My aunt was an LBJ assistant/advisor) As a nine year old boy, I was most interested in the shooting gallery. Mr. DeLoach said he needed to re-certify anyway, so he picked up a tommy gun and fired away at a silhouette target. My sister still has that target-positive points for knees and legs, negative points for head and chest. There was a time when law officers were taught "shoot to stop". Now, seems to be "shoot to kill". (Spoiler-he shot the target's knees out with surgical precision).

Besides, they had the car with a vin and a tag.

Wendy’s could have towed the car, the cops wouldn’t get a DUI, but the driver would have to pay an expensive tow.

I’m so confused what has changed in law enforcement. Maybe it’s the people they hire now, or more likely the training of us vs them. It wasn’t always that way.

Then again, the Republican Party also confuses me. What they use to represent and what they do now.

We have to make this all better.

....is that after grabbing the taser the man turned around and fired it at the officer. Is that a reason for the officer to shoot him in the back? Of course not. A taser is a non-lethal weapon, and the officer shot this man after the taser had been deployed and was no longer a threat. It will be a talking point for his defense, but should easily be taken apart by any competent prosecutor. This is a murder, as sure as mr. Floyd was murdered, and the officer should be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. This shit has to stop.

They seem to do all their training there.

says only if a cop feels he or the public or another officer is in danger can they shoot.

A few, red states of course, like Florida have reasons other than that to shoot.