On 8/24/2014 11:26 AM, Oren wrote:
On Sun, 24 Aug 2014 08:48:53 -0500,

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Unfortunately, that does not depict the actual injuries to the officer,
merely the class of injuries. Hopefully, the officer's were nowhere
near as severe as depicted in the illustration.

At least you - and others - "Get it." We're not talking about a shiner,
a bruising, a welt... we're talking about a serious, disabling injury
that has the potential to create a permanent disability.


Not to mention felony assault on a police officer will justify deadly
force. If Brown's DNA is found on the officer's pistol it would be
attempted murder of a police officer, IMO. I don't know the MO law
though.

Actually, it MIGHT justify use of deadly force, but nothing is carved in
stone. Assault(threat) is not as serious as Battery (actual striking).
A slap in the face from a bitchy female traffic violator is felony.
Hardly warrants an automatic death penalty, does it? OTOH, if she
decides to shove her car in reverse rather than slap, she's pretty well
bought and paid for and if she dies, she dies.

You have to know what the law is and, more importantly, BE THERE to view
the situation from the officer's perspective. Idiots like Davej, if
they acknowledge that maybe the officer had the right to at least draw
his weapon, he should have only shot to wound. One shoots to remove or
terminate the threat to one's life. If the first shot stops him cold,
you can stop. If it doesn't stop him right there, you continue to fire
until he does or you're out of ammunition.