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Ohio police officer Joshua Hilling applies enough deadly force to stop a suspect, survive the encounter and make the arrest of a man suspected of murder.
That's very nice and all, and I don't want to see people die, but if a cop is in a different surprise attack with a second to react, it might have a different outcome.
Police officers do this all the time. You can read news stories all over the country where the police forces do a great job disarming someone or ending a situation without a death.
The problem is the excuses made for the poor decisions. Yes it's not the majority of cases but all the same we can't just dismiss it because it's not the norm.
Ohio police officer Joshua Hilling applies enough deadly force to stop a suspect, survive the encounter and make the arrest of a man suspected of murder.
Police are trained, rightfully so, that if they have to draw their weapon to shoot, they are to aim at the chest.
That is the largest target, and the easiest one to hit.
IF they are shooting a suspect it SHOULD be because that suspect was presenting an imminent threat to the police officer or others. "Shooting to wound" in either case is foolish and not recommended.
Police are trained, rightfully so, that if they have to draw their weapon to shoot, they are to aim at the chest.
That is the largest target, and the easiest one to hit.
IF they are shooting a suspect it SHOULD be because that suspect was presenting an imminent threat to the police officer or others. "Shooting to wound" in either case is foolish and not recommended.
Once hit and down there is no reason to empty your gun into them.
Ohio police officer Joshua Hilling applies enough deadly force to stop a suspect, survive the encounter and make the arrest of a man suspected of murder.
1. The suspect was shot in the abdomen. By inches he could have just as easily died as survived.
2. Your use of the word "execute" is a deliberately loaded word
3. I admin a pro-LE page. I could show you videos similar to this one all day long. Officers begging with and pleading with individuals over and over (and over) to put down the knife, put down the gun, get on the ground.
4. I could also show you videos all day long of officers who suddenly find themselves in life or death situations simply because they were doing their jobs - a traffic stop, executing an eviction notice, confronting a drunken wrong way driver on the interstate, executing a warrant. All. Day. Long.
5. Haters gonna hate. I have no patience or excuses for corruption in law enforcement. But I also have no patience for agenda driven drivel, perpetrated by those who refuse to recognize actual statistics re: police corruption.
Good training with good officers goes a long way. Bad training with bad officers creates many problems.
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