TheFederalistWeasel
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After several threads involving the LE use of Tazers which seems to be a questionable subject these days I just thought I would remind the masses that a person need not be armed for the situation to escalate into a deadly force situation.
I am speaking for LEO, because that is where my training lays. When we go to officer survival each year they pound into our heads this stuff, many times deadly force has been used and the person shot was not armed with a traditional weapon, the shooting was ruled justified.
Here are several examples that are given to us all the time.
Dallas Texas, a female police officer (501, 110 pounds) stops a guy (600, 305 pounds) he jumps out of the car tells the officer he is not going, guy rushes officer she shoots him killing him.
Justified, she testified that he was much larger than she and he could have easily taken her weapon away.
Ohio State Trooper makes a traffic stop, walks up to the car, woman immediately sprays him with pepper spray, he quickly staggers back, she opens the car door and gets out screaming at him. He shoots her multiple times.
Justified, he testified that he has experienced the effects of pepper spray and he knew just how fast it affected him at which time he could loose control of his weapon.
In the first instance a Tazer might have been useful but having seen the video several times I doubt it.
You do not have to be armed for an officer to reach the point where he/she can employ deadly force. I think in many of these encounters a Tazer has probably saved lives because the only other level of force available to the officer is deadly.
I am speaking for LEO, because that is where my training lays. When we go to officer survival each year they pound into our heads this stuff, many times deadly force has been used and the person shot was not armed with a traditional weapon, the shooting was ruled justified.
Here are several examples that are given to us all the time.
Dallas Texas, a female police officer (501, 110 pounds) stops a guy (600, 305 pounds) he jumps out of the car tells the officer he is not going, guy rushes officer she shoots him killing him.
Justified, she testified that he was much larger than she and he could have easily taken her weapon away.
Ohio State Trooper makes a traffic stop, walks up to the car, woman immediately sprays him with pepper spray, he quickly staggers back, she opens the car door and gets out screaming at him. He shoots her multiple times.
Justified, he testified that he has experienced the effects of pepper spray and he knew just how fast it affected him at which time he could loose control of his weapon.
In the first instance a Tazer might have been useful but having seen the video several times I doubt it.
You do not have to be armed for an officer to reach the point where he/she can employ deadly force. I think in many of these encounters a Tazer has probably saved lives because the only other level of force available to the officer is deadly.