[wmbondurant]

Murder of another unarmed white man

[bloodshin]

To everyone suggesting a taser, do you ever read posts before commenting on them?

[Ihcap Orevir]

unarmed? you sure have never been hit with a stick in the head!

[theghost85]

[pragmatist]

Shot his ass...........Should have!

[minka1]

Originally Posted by daveywavey10 ↗

I think we can all agree that if he were black this would be all over the papers as the stick was weak sauce

Cry baby blacks would be crying wewaAahhh wasaaahhhh wwwwaaahhhh

This is one of the jokey racist comments?

[minka1]

Originally Posted by Fat Sam ↗

That black wanted the cop to shoot him because he is white. And would have be screaming racist if the perp was black. What a racist a spear chucker.

Whinge and Whine Qwhite some more please.

[SoupahD]

Originally Posted by viperStrike ↗

The man just sat there and took 12 (9mm?) bullets to his chest and casually walked forward. If the cop shot him in the legs, what if this guy took his weapon from him and killed him with his own weapon? Shots to the leg with a pistol caliber aren't effective because pistols are relatively weak so that would likely have not been effective. Also, what happens if he tried to shot him in the leg and misses and kills a bystander? There are many reasons why cops are trained to shoot center of mass.

Because a shot the the knee cap legs wont work and he falls to the ground. The guy was moving slowly and he was basically point blank. Could have easily also kicked his legs from under him also. Cop is over weight and should be behind a desk. I support officers, always have but this cop is worthless. So even though yes the guy deserved to be shot i also believe in preserving life if possible. It was very easily possible in that situation.

[daveywavey10]

Originally Posted by minka1 ↗

This is one of the jokey racist comments?

That is a disgraceful accusation. Of course, blame me and not the real estate agents!
I love minorities but cash is cash

[Dr_Jackal]

Originally Posted by gimlet ↗

Excellent example of how little "stopping power" pistols have. Unlike Hollywood movies, the perp didn't fly thru the air from the bullet hits.

Yep. The muzzle velocity of nearly all handguns (<2000 fps) isn't enough to overcome the body's natural elasticity.

Shot placement is far more important in stopping the threat. You either have to luck out and get a CNS (central nervous system) hit, cause enough of the ambient blood pressure to drop so that the body can't continue to function, or hope for them to choose to stop (a psychological stop).

Remember that infamous FBI Miami debacle where the guy was shot 12 times yet stayed in the fight for minutes-sober.

Hollywood has indeed done a wonder to derail the reality of real gunfights. Sadly, real world ballistics info has been around for decades yet is still basically forgotten.