Are you a fucking nigger or a hippie? The police were called to the scene of an armed robbery and the suspect shoved a cop and ran away with a gun out. Are they supposed to wait to be shot by this ape? Wait for him to kill a little kid firing back? Come on, man.
They should have approached guns out, shot when they had a clean background. But if their bad shots hit you or killed your family on the next sidewalk over?
Not every situation is going to be ideal. The guy just committed a violent crime (1.5 violent crimes if you want to count shoving the cop) and is now running around with a gun out. He has to be taken into custody. Once that gun came out, all bets are off.
Rules of engagement and public protection still exist. Can’t just go Rambo without regard for consequences which may have a higher casualty rate than chasing and disabling the Perp when better conditions exist.
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