Current Affairs The " another shooting in America " thread
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Anything wrong in this situation?
Yes. A man died.
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he argument continued in the parking lot, where investigators say Sean Ruis, 43, of Grand Ledge, Michigan, stabbed a 77-year-old man during the dispute, police said.
Ruis, who was not wearing a mask, then drove away to a nearby neighborhood, police said.
The stabbing victim, who had been wearing a mask, was treated for his injuries.
Ruis was later stopped by an Eaton County Sheriff’s deputy.
Ruis pulled a knife on the deputy, who then shot him, authorities said. He died from his injuries.
Well the guy that got shot stabbed someone because he didn't want to wear a mask so that's one thing. How angry can you be over being asked to wear a mask ffs?
I don't think the cops seemed to do anything wrong but would be better if the guy wasn't then killed. Again, don't think the police did anything wrong here though
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Everyone would but if its an active threat, you have to protect yourself
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Cop did nothing wrong.
That's not what you asked.
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Ok let me as you, did the cop do something wrong in that situation?
Probably not but I don't know the rules of that particular jurisdiction.
Personally I prefer officers to be trained to shoot to stop, not kill, in such a situation.
In essence they’re effectively kind of the same thing aren’t they ?
I suppose so. If one shoots to kill then, yes, they've stopped the suspect.
In this case, the officer unloaded her pistol at the suspect. She had time to back up, reload and fire the gun until empty a second time. During that second round of firing she advanced on the wounded man and continued shooting. I counted 12 shots.
The dead man is not blameless. He advanced on an officer while brandishing a weapon (reportedly 2 knives and a screwdriver - I'm guessing he was high/drunk/mentally unbalanced or all) and did not stop advancing when told to do so.
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