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Quote Originally Posted by Andre View Post

I still think they are mindless (The people who design modern police training) in that they are taught if they draw a pistol they shoot for the chest.(If someone is armed fair enough, if they are not armed shoot them in the fucking leg they wont be going anywhere.
It's actually pretty logical. A cop only shoots (ideally) as a last measure of self defence, when they have deemed that they are being threatened and need to immediately remove the threat. Shooting at the legs is very illogical if you have to immediately put someone down because they are smaller, moving targets, and even in the event that you land a good shot to someone's femur, that isn't even a guarantee to immediately stop a charging suspect, and it's not a guarantee to stop that suspect from then suddenly pulling out a weapon (like a gun) and using it with their hands.

The police do great work for the most part. Sure there are things that probably could be improved, but to say that all their training is nonsense and should be revamped is a bit ridiculous if you look at the number of arrests that happen every day without incident.
Most do alright for sure, but the law is set up so the ones who dont do right get off.

Why shoot someone in the chest if they are not armed,wheres the deadly threat?
If they dont stop when you pull a gun on them they get one in the lower gut or leg, if you reach for something you get one in the chest.
Surely that is a sensible approach when dealing with unarmed people?

Charging at a cop is a different matter,reaching for something unasked for is different matter too.

As it stands cops are not liable,has to be somewhat due to the training too,its set up so they can get off (their practice targets only have a head and a body). That point alone would make a deadly shot defensible in court as that is all they practice to do.

Even when emptying five rounds into someone whos already down,or squash someone or strangle him to death,or tazer to death, all have occurred as well as the odd death in cells due to a beating, its over kill but they always get off Scot free,something is wrong there.