A Troubled Man and 20 Police Bullets in Brooklyn

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by Tom Earp

If an Officer "thinks" that the individual has a weapon then they have a justification to fire.

No, if an officer reasonably thinks (1) that the individual has a weapon, (2) that he is about to use it, and (3) that the use of force is necessary to protect himself or others, then he has justification to fire.

[Rudey]

I'm not a cop so I don't completely understand this...but 20 bullets? I'm assuming that's 20 bullets that hit him and not the total fired. Anyway, 20 bullets?? If someone needs to be shot, you just create a killing field? What if there were other people nearby?

Clearly I don't know what happened but 20 bullets still sounds ridiculously high to me.

-Rudey