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Jim Yanik wrote: > "Harry K" > wrote in > ups.com: > > > > > John David Galt wrote: > >> Nate Nagel wrote: > >> > If they're obviously fleeing (and in this case it sounds like they > > were, > >> > not just "driving to a safe location) why the hell not? My only > >> > question is why it took so many rounds to stop them. Geez, why > > don't we > >> > take away the officers' guns and just issue them bullhorns so they > > can > >> > politely ask drivers to pull over. > >> > >> There are perfectly good tactics for stopping a suspect like that > >> which don't endanger bystanders nearly as much. The obvious one here > >> would be to surround him with cop vehicles, which then gradually > > stop. > >> Maybe a few parked cars get crunched in the process, but nobody gets > >> shot. > >> > >> What a bunch of Barney Fifes. > > > > Unfortunately, forcing a vehicle to stop by use of barricades has been > > ruled 'deadly force' by the courts. > > Do you have a cite for this? > > > The cops have to always leave an > > out when setting up barricades to stop a speeding car. > > Why? Maybe to let others depart the stop zone before the suspect arrives? > > > > -- > Jim Yanik > jyanik > at > kua.net Nope, no cite. I was curious having seen it somewhere and also having heard it being applied while listening to the scanner. Asked the question in a BS session with county deputies. They confirmed that yes, the (IIRC) supreme court ruled that a total road block is use of deadly force. I certainly don't agree with it. Looks to me like a fleeing subject crashing into a clearly visible roadblock is only committing suicide by cop. Harry K |
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