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Aneirin -> RE: Police shooting: Innocent man, 36, dies from injuries (6/9/2011 3:05:34 AM)
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Just like the deaths caused by rubber bullets, a projectile is a projectile, where that projectile hits determines the consequences, but what determines the use of deadly force, actual or perceived danger?
The other thing is even those highly trained, they feel fear at the situations they are presented with as no one is immune to danger, so it is hoped that they will remember their training and act accordingly, but quite often fear over rules the thinking regards what others have taught them, because law enforcement are not as highly trained as say the military.
But whatever force is presented should be matched, but I wonder does it ever occur that those wielding a weapon might be doing so because they are disturbed and need help rather than being killed, as killing just solves an immediate problem and creates many more.
But of those that carry deadly weapons, what goes through their mind when a situation causes them to fear, are they protecting their own existence or those they are charged with protecting as to remember even those who wield a deadly weapon are themselves to be protected as in civilised society one is innocent until proven guilty by a court of law.
My view of what law enforcement should be, is on a par with the military, i.e. body armour but with undeadly weapons, as any singular weapon wielder does not expect forces to ignore the weapon and come at them and more so when many come at them from many directions armoured and unstoppable until in such range undeadly force can be used to capture the disturbed.
My thoughts on the above come from my own experience though not armoured beyond biker leathers I was presented with a young asshole trying to relieve me of my cash by showing me his stanley knife, well I could see he was focusing all his intent on that puny blade at the end of his outstretched arm, so I advanced on him and watched him back off still with his focus on his outstretched arm and when close enough I figured my leg was longer and more powerful than his arm and so he received a steel toe capped boot in his most vulnerable spot after which his face connected with my knee as he bent over. I left him with that and went about my business. But a lot of what I knew of potential assailants came from the military, the fact that those who wield whatever when they do so they focus all into that object and believe it to be so offensive that others will fear, totally forgetting the other parts of their body which are vulnerable and even of use such is their focus. Therefore to my ideas law enforcement or a public protector well armoured and with understanding of the psychology of offense can disable and disarm the disturbed and bring their man in without death or even serious harm
Now if there was such a force so enabled, think anyone who thinks to wield a weapon, the knowledge that bullets won't stop those who come to take them in. A knife, well even a quarter staff can handle those, a force which can be both deadly and undeadly in the right hands.
Guns and bullets are too indescriminate, even effective rounds can carry on with their travel and cause chaos elsewhere if indeed their original aim was true, and that demonstrated to me by the L1A1 FN FAL rifle I used to use, the rhino gun as it was sometimes called with a four mile effective killing range and ability to pass through bricks and mortar and it was reported, crack an engine block.
We will have advanced when it is we can disarm and disable a weapon wielder and dissolve a situation without causing death, but until then who is of the primitive mentality.
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