Cops Kill 12-Year Old Tamir Rice For Playing With Toy Gun

[Shadowstar1922]

yay, more police brutality. RIP tamir rice, you were too young.

[Dr Frook]

yeah but wasnt the kid pointing the gun at everyone? Yet again, cant police use stun guns... u know... just in case there is no need to KILL?

[Dr Frook]

or why cant police just aim for the legs instead of going for kill shots?

[Shadow00]

or why cant police just aim for the legs instead of going for kill shots?

That.
1-They won't be able to run away
2-Its much less lethal
3-There's a +10 bonus if you hit a kneecap or somehow hit the Achilles tendon

[Shadowstar1922]

or why cant police just aim for the legs instead of going for kill shots?

I'm pretty sure the Australian and Vietnamese police forces are trained to aim for the legs.

[Rainshard]

or why cant police just aim for the legs instead of going for kill shots?

http://www.pfoa.co.uk/110/shooting-to-wound

"In reality, this thinking is a result of 'training by Hollywood,' in which movie and TV cops are able to do anything to control the outcomes of events that serve the director's dramatic interests. It reflects a misconception of real-life dynamics and ends up imposing unrealistic expectations of skill on real-life officers."

"Hands and arms can be the fastest-moving body parts. For example, an average suspect can move his hand and forearm across his body to a 90-degree angle in 12/100 of a second. He can move his hand from his hip to shoulder height in 18/100 of a second.The average officer pulling the trigger as fast as he can on a Glock, one of the fastest- cycling semi-autos, requires 1/4 second to discharge each round.
There is no way an officer can react, track, shoot and reliably hit a threatening suspect's forearm or a weapon in a suspect's hand in the time spans involved.
Even if the suspect held his weapon arm steady for half a second or more, an accurate hit would be highly unlikely, and in police shootings the suspect and his weapon are seldom stationary. Plus, the officer himself may be moving as he shoots.

Apparently police don't have the skill to wound....

[Shadowstar1922]

or why cant police just aim for the legs instead of going for kill shots?

http://www.pfoa.co.uk/110/shooting-to-wound

"In reality, this thinking is a result of 'training by Hollywood,' in which movie and TV cops are able to do anything to control the outcomes of events that serve the director's dramatic interests. It reflects a misconception of real-life dynamics and ends up imposing unrealistic expectations of skill on real-life officers."

"Hands and arms can be the fastest-moving body parts. For example, an average suspect can move his hand and forearm across his body to a 90-degree angle in 12/100 of a second. He can move his hand from his hip to shoulder height in 18/100 of a second.The average officer pulling the trigger as fast as he can on a Glock, one of the fastest- cycling semi-autos, requires 1/4 second to discharge each round.
There is no way an officer can react, track, shoot and reliably hit a threatening suspect's forearm or a weapon in a suspect's hand in the time spans involved.
Even if the suspect held his weapon arm steady for half a second or more, an accurate hit would be highly unlikely, and in police shootings the suspect and his weapon are seldom stationary. Plus, the officer himself may be moving as he shoots.

Apparently police don't have the skill to wound....

A lot of US State governments, other nations' governments, and the United Nations have been criticizing how the US legal system is trash, inefficient, and unfair and how the cops are poorly trained.