Shooting to disable is the stuff of movies. It does not exist in real life. In real life, where you have adrenaline, and personal threat involved, trained marksman only land about 1 in 10 shots on their target. Christ, look at the situation in your own city, last week. Policmen fired off 20 rounds at each other, and none of them were wounded.
And, consider the situation. 1 man laying in the back of a jeep, one man standing outside, very close to the vehicle, the only targets would have been from the upper torso, up. What's he going to do, get up, lean out the window, and aim for a leg? Also, you're assuming that the policeman had some form of non-lethal defense at his disposal.
This was a bad situation, all the way around, and demonizing the police serves no useful purpose. Maybe the shooting was justified, maybe it was not, nobody knows except the people who were there. All that I do know is that, in my opinion, that boy was participating in activities that go beyond the scope of reasonable demonstration. He was threatening other lives, and was putting himself in harm's way. He paid the price.
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And, consider the situation. 1 man laying in the back of a jeep, one man standing outside, very close to the vehicle, the only targets would have been from the upper torso, up. What's he going to do, get up, lean out the window, and aim for a leg? Also, you're assuming that the policeman had some form of non-lethal defense at his disposal.
This was a bad situation, all the way around, and demonizing the police serves no useful purpose. Maybe the shooting was justified, maybe it was not, nobody knows except the people who were there. All that I do know is that, in my opinion, that boy was participating in activities that go beyond the scope of reasonable demonstration. He was threatening other lives, and was putting himself in harm's way. He paid the price.