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Hollywood vs Reality: Officer Involved Shootings

gunns

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That was informative. But I still have to ask about those videos of police shooting 12 or more times and missing every time. I would think training would have kicked in and let one of them land on target. Or is it a lack of practice?
 

OC for ME

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That is a good question. I'll hazard a guess and postulate that if cops had to buy their own ammo they'd be better shots, requiring fewer rounds down range. Don't even get me started on 'not checking beyond the target' after draining a mag, or two, without any visible signs of effective fire.
 

papa bear

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it made my eyes bleed it was so boring. it was very bias toward the police officer. example; the officer very seldom gets charge with the deadly assault on a citizen.

he/she has more power and back up. the citizen is already at a disadvantage

talking about them shooting someone in the hand, yes that is ridiculous. but what about the shooting of an unarmed citizen. automatically pulling your weapon on an unarmed person and not using less non-deadly force should be one of the main course.
 
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