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[Mohonky]

That's like saying it's ok for a teacher to beat the shit out of a kid for not doing as they say because the kid didn't cooperate. Idiotic. You shoot someone who poses a direct, immediate threat where force is necessary. Not because they didn't throw their arms up instantly.

These cops would be charged, fired, and possibly see jail time for these actions in most decent countries.

Your school teacher analogy is flawed because teachers aren't in immediate danger of an unruly student.

But again the problem comes back to American gun laws that state its pretty much every persons right to own a gun. The chances of encountering someone with a gun is significantly higher and increases the chances of police officers being more at the ready to use force to subdue someone who is not cooperating or reaching into their pockets / waistline.

Police in Australia and Europe would rarely ever encounter anyone with a gun. I believe it was 2011, Australia recorded 6 people killed after being shot by police officers. 6 for Germany and 3 for England / Wales combined. Most police officers wont even encounter anyone carrying a firearm in their entire career. With such a small chance of encountering someone with a gun, police arent as likely to assume their life is in immediate threat and tend to be more relaxed or resort to less lethal forms of defense than to immediately go for their gun.

 

[jordan0386]

The officer chased and caught up with him, it said, and during a struggle the policeman believed he felt the handle of a gun while holding Brisbon's hand in his pocket.

He had a bottle of pills in there.

Did he grab his dick by accident?

Cops and their story telling is ridiculous.