06-15-2021, 11:51 PM
That places a low value on human life.
Exactly, extremely low.
Hard to tell these days.
Indeed.
I may be an outlier, but the use of lethal force on an apparent non-violent suspect/criminal is abhorrent.
I grew up in a era where 'as long as you drag him inside' was actual advice from police for citizens shooting fleeing burglary suspects!
Killing someone, or risking killing someone, i.e. using lethal force for stealing stuff isn't, or shouldn't be acceptable to anyone.
Unfortunately, it still is, in too many places and relocating a suspect into one's home isn't even necessary.
I'm reminded of an incident in TX where a young Japanese exchange student was killed trying to attend a Halloween party.
He was apparently dropped off at the wrong address, and spotted at the end of the driveway by the owner.
The owner apparently thought the camera in the kid's hand was a gun and told his wife to 'get the gun'.
Not call the police (I don't remember if 9-1-1 was around at the time) but 'git the gun, Martha!'
[Ok, I editorialized that time]
The gun was a scoped revolver he used for hunting, a .44Mag if I recall correctly.
He killed the kid and wasn't charged, so many things wrong with that.
This is not an indictment of TX; this happens in plenty of other states, without redress.
There's nothing OK about using lethal force 'to wound' someone– nothing.
It should be used to defend life, not property.
When someone shoots a thief in the leg(s) and hits the femoral artery and kills or maims him, 'I was just trying to stop him' isn't good enough.
I understand that for a second someone might think 'he deserved that', but that has to pass, and very quickly.
But it can't affect action taken.
And if lethal force is justified, then the duty of the user is to stop the threat.
That is what preserves the safety of one's self or others.
Half-measures that result in innocent people being injured or killed is unacceptable.
Exactly, extremely low.
Hard to tell these days.
Indeed.
I may be an outlier, but the use of lethal force on an apparent non-violent suspect/criminal is abhorrent.
I grew up in a era where 'as long as you drag him inside' was actual advice from police for citizens shooting fleeing burglary suspects!
Killing someone, or risking killing someone, i.e. using lethal force for stealing stuff isn't, or shouldn't be acceptable to anyone.
Unfortunately, it still is, in too many places and relocating a suspect into one's home isn't even necessary.
I'm reminded of an incident in TX where a young Japanese exchange student was killed trying to attend a Halloween party.
He was apparently dropped off at the wrong address, and spotted at the end of the driveway by the owner.
The owner apparently thought the camera in the kid's hand was a gun and told his wife to 'get the gun'.
Not call the police (I don't remember if 9-1-1 was around at the time) but 'git the gun, Martha!'
[Ok, I editorialized that time]
The gun was a scoped revolver he used for hunting, a .44Mag if I recall correctly.
He killed the kid and wasn't charged, so many things wrong with that.
This is not an indictment of TX; this happens in plenty of other states, without redress.
There's nothing OK about using lethal force 'to wound' someone– nothing.
It should be used to defend life, not property.
When someone shoots a thief in the leg(s) and hits the femoral artery and kills or maims him, 'I was just trying to stop him' isn't good enough.
I understand that for a second someone might think 'he deserved that', but that has to pass, and very quickly.
But it can't affect action taken.
And if lethal force is justified, then the duty of the user is to stop the threat.
That is what preserves the safety of one's self or others.
Half-measures that result in innocent people being injured or killed is unacceptable.
