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(50,817 posts) Sun Mar 20, 2016, 01:52 PM Mar 2016

The suspect in the Paris attack [View all]

This discussion thread was locked as off-topic by krispos42 (a host of the Gun Control & RKBA group).

was caught last week. In the description, it said that police shot at his legs and injured him.

And I could not help thinking: why can't our police shoot people in the legs? Yes, like Michael Brown in Ferguson and other cases that followed.

Granted, I am not trained to confront criminals or to shoot anyone, but I have been wondering about it.

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The suspect in the Paris attack [View all] question everything Mar 2016 OP

Michael Brown was unlikely to have information ... JustABozoOnThisBus Mar 2016 #1

That's something I've always wondered. Gman Mar 2016 #2

There are a lot of assumptions in your post Renew Deal Mar 2016 #3

Turn the question around. What will every live victim of unjustified and extreme police violence do? GoneFishin Mar 2016 #4

I'd be interested to know what facts or information TeddyR Mar 2016 #5

Fact : Cops talk amongst themselves. Fact : People don't like being sued. Fact : Dead people GoneFishin Mar 2016 #7

Your comparison strikes me as a false one TeddyR Mar 2016 #6

Law enforcement in Paris wasn't roid raging? GoneFishin Mar 2016 #8

Seeing as he was captured in Brussels, COLGATE4 Mar 2016 #10

Shooting somebody is use of lethal force, regardless of where the bullets land. krispos42 Mar 2016 #9

If it's true that he was shot in the leg(s) I agree that COLGATE4 Mar 2016 #11

Brown was hit a couple of times in the shoulder gejohnston Mar 2016 #12

Cops in the US take their lives seriously, they know they only have one. ileus Mar 2016 #13

If you're not clear and immediate danger, you don't shoot at all. discntnt_irny_srcsm Mar 2016 #14

Locking krispos42 Mar 2016 #15