• Pennomi@lemmy.world
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      16 days ago

      Strongly disagree. They literally shot him in a less than lethal way (he was only slightly wounded, according to the article) and he stopped attacking. It’s entirely possible that other countermeasures would have been sufficient.

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          16 days ago

          Yes, which is why I explicitly said I do not blame the person for making the split second call. You do what you can with the tools you are given at that moment.

          But it’s a very compelling case to analyze what went wrong and try to learn from it. Saying “there’s no other way” is silly, because in this case it sure seems there could have been several other ways.

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      16 days ago

      You don’t have to respond to lethal with lethal, especially when the lives of innocents are the price you may end up paying for your imperfection. As was the case in this instance.