Lawful Shootings (1)
What happens when you swing a chair at a police officer? You risk being shot and killed. The only really disturbing aspect of the incident is how much space the article takes up trying to paint the assailant as a wonderful, innocent soul. Yes, an innocent soul that happened to be swinging a chair at an officer. (The Times’ original article re the incident covered the facts without the beatification.)
A few hours after the shooting, at 12:45 p.m. on Nov. 13, the police said that the shooting appeared to be within the department’s guidelines. While the man did not have a gun or knife, the department said the officer was at risk of being killed or seriously hurt with the chair, the key criterion justifying the use of lethal force.
It’s really simple. Don’t assault cops.
Score: Good Guys 1, Bad Guys 0