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Originally Posted by andymarksman
Scott wasn't "seating in the car with his hands on the wheel," so he is a dead meat, correct?
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No!!
But he did increase his risk of getting shot when he voluntary decide to run away. He farther increased his risk of getting shot when he fought with the police officer after the police officer fought him. He then increased his odds of getting shot when he tried to grab/flight/reach for the taser. He than increased his odds of getting shot even farther by running away after the police office was shot by the taser.
Is all that enough reason for him to be shot? As I seat here at the comfort of my home, the answer is NO! If I'm a police officer who has just finished a 100 yards fight with someone who has chosen to run away and was just shot by a taser with a few seconds to decide? I would like to think that I would
not shot, but the honest answer is I don't know. I have never been in that situation and I hope I never will be.
But all of that is not the point, this started with the claim that Scott would have been shot even if he didn't run away, there is zero, zilch, nada, to support that outrageous claim. There is a great deal of data to indicate that the opposite is true.