On Tue, 21 Oct 2014 17:41:22 -0700, "Pico Rico"
wrote:


"Oren" wrote in message
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On Tue, 21 Oct 2014 16:48:53 -0700, "Pico Rico"
wrote:

Yes, but if he said something like "I shot to kill him" he would be an
idiot. Cops are not allowed to "shoot to kill", they are allowed to use
deadly force to stop a threat, and if death results, well that's the
breaks.


Um, cops can shoot to kill. "Shoot center of mass!" It is part of the
training. No need to explain a bullet pierced a head, a heart, a
jugular vein in the neck or a direct hit in the eye ball!

Each of those "stop the threat". A civilian can practice the same use
of force. Can the crook catch a bullet in his/her teeth? Nobody I know
would claim "I shot to kill him"!

Cops cannot shoot with the intention of killing. They may, under certain
circumstances use potentially deadly force and a resulting death is
justifiable.


Cops do not need intent.They do not wake in the morning with intent to
kill. As trained and practiced, shooting at center of mass may kill.
Killing is the legal consequence.

I'm interested in your training in the administrating of "deadly
force"?