Central Texas woman, 93, fatally shot by police

[JJIII]

What Zeke said!

[MrPots]

Originally Posted by Zeke

Do you have any idea how difficult it is to hit anything under stress, let alone to give the good wound which immediately incapacitates but doesn't kill?

Physically impossible pipe dream.

1. If you fire shots in a residential area,
2. are confronted by police,
3. and do not immediately comply with EVERY instruction?

Then you're getting shot.

If I have to shoot you, I want to hit you. If I want to hit you, that means center of mass.

This is not complex. It's very hard...(sigh)...but not complex.

I'm a pro marksman but haven't fired a weapon in years, and never under any more duress than skeet shooting. So I'll take your word for it Zeke. But I still disagree a 93 YO woman was such a threat that deadly force had to be used.

[Zeke]

Originally Posted by MrPots

I still disagree a 93 YO woman was such a threat that deadly force had to be used.

In my opinion, if she has a gun and you are within range? Then she's as dangerous as a Navy SEAL and you must act accordingly.

But I wasn't there.

[MrPots]

But isn't an officer trained and paid to take some of that risk in order to save live and prevent needless death?

[Zeke]

Originally Posted by MrPots

But isn't an officer trained and paid to take some of that risk in order to save live and prevent needless death?

A woman with a gun isn't just threatening the officer.

Sum? You're paid to shoot her and live with it.

[MrPots]

Or anyone else who is the slightest threat it seems. I pity the 5 YO with a rubber knife..... or the lovable pet Cocker Spaniel who's only barking at the intruder in the yard....

Kill first, make excuses about "how threatened you felt" later. That's the way of it these days I guess.

Meanwhile I'm a very law abiding person who pays their salary yet I fell threatened every time I see a cop because they are all fucking wild cards these days. They can't ask a question, they demand an answer, they can't ask you to do something, they demand you do something. And when you ask them a question they act all annoyed and treat you like vermin. They all look and act like God Damned thugs.

[bobabode]

The oficer was fired and a grand jury will be hearing this. Let's wait before debating this...sigh.

[Zeke]

Originally Posted by MrPots

Or anyone else who is the slightest threat it seems. I pity the 5 YO with a rubber knife..... or the lovable pet Cocker Spaniel who's only barking at the intruder in the yard....

I'm not trying to be an ass, merely laying down stuff as it is seen from a badge.

[MrPots]

I would never consider you to be an ass Zeke. I respect you very much. I'm laying down as it's seen from your enemy, the common law abiding citizen, the folks you hate.

So you're a cop huh? You seem like a nice guy anyway.

[Zeke]

Originally Posted by MrPots

I would never consider you to be an ass Zeke. I respect you very much. I'm laying down as it's seen from your enemy, the common law abiding citizen.

Here's the rub: I am a "common, law abiding, citizen" having rejected the elitist thought monster (and professional law enforcement) long ago.

That doesn't mean I do not understand that mode of thinking, thoroughly.