Stop or I’ll shoot…

Posted on July 3, 2015 by pouringmyartout

So… Uh… I have been wondering about that second escaped convict that was shot. He did try to run when the cop told him to stop, but he wasn’t armed. Is it okay for cops to shoot people when they run away even if they are unarmed? People sure got upset when that happened to a few other people lately. There was a lot of second guessing. But this time, everybody seems to think it was just fine… Even a really good thing. Is this just because he was an escaped convict? I am just asking. It seems to be worth at least discussing.

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88 Responses to Stop or I’ll shoot…

  1. joehoover's avatar joehoover says:
    July 6, 2015 at 5:19 am

    Don’t they train them to shoot for the leg, try and incapacitate them or use tazers? It’s too easy to shoot to kill regardless of people’s crimes (despite him surviving), mainly because it becomes too prevalent and the go to response. it’s just all too easy which is my gripe against guns to begin with.

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  2. Mon ā˜ 's avatar Mon (is a Girl's Name) says:
    July 3, 2015 at 9:04 pm

    Sometimes innocent people get arrested too. If I were innocent and wrongly convicted, I would run too because I know how many people get arrested even when they tell the truth.

    Thank God this has never happened to me.

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  3. Paul's avatar Paul says:
    July 3, 2015 at 12:50 pm

    Good question Art. I don’t know the answer or even have an opinion.

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  4. List of X's avatar List of X says:
    July 3, 2015 at 12:11 pm

    Not just an escaped convict, but an escaped convicted murderer. (Although we’ve convicted plenty of innocent people for murder, too.) So if there’s ever a situation where it might be acceptable to shoot an unarmed person while he runs away, this would probably be it.

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  5. markbialczak's avatar markbialczak says:
    July 3, 2015 at 11:51 am

    Once he escaped, he pretty much set himself up for all sorts of retribution, I figure, Art, not to say that getting shot is right. If he would have stopped, would they have walked calmly up to him and cuffed him and walked him peaceably to the car? We’ll never know, will we? As it turned out, after this guy flapped his gums, people high in the law enforcement hierarchy there lost their jobs. That makes it even more intriguing, Art. Good question.

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  6. Trent Lewin's avatar Trent Lewin says:
    July 3, 2015 at 11:04 am

    I think a better question is: why do you guys keep shooting each other down there? Don’t you like each other?

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  7. OLED PHAT nu glee's avatar oledphatnuglee says:
    July 3, 2015 at 10:55 am

    Ha ha my opinion…. hee hee might take a blog to do it but I’ll plop it here anyway…
    If someone has killed or assaulted another human being, has been incarcerated for it, and is killed by an officer for pretty much any reason I have trouble working up much sympathy for them. I do have sympathy for their families. No matter what your kid has done they are still your child. We coddle our criminals far too much, if they want to be treated with dignity and respect they have an obligation to behave themselves as if they know what those words mean and how to apply them.
    My view isn’t popular but I think we owe the men and women who put their lives on the line for us every day the courtesy of assuming they meant well, until it is proven otherwise. I have instructed my children to be respectful and always obey the police, even if it is their opinion that the officer is in the wrong. Never sass and officer, never correct them unless you can do so politely and productively. If you have done absolutely nothing wrong and he tells you to get on the ground. GET ON THE FRIGGIN GROUND! We can sort out the details later.
    I have in my very colorful past met many of our officers across the united states. I’ve met a lot of really good ones, some who are trying to be good officers but fail now and then because they’re still human, and a few “bad uns”. I have been falsely accused and lived to tell the tale. I have also been abused by officers from time to time for no good reason. I know what it’s like to be beaten within an inch of my life by a “rogue” cop. However, I called him a rogue because that’s what he is, a rare exception to the rule.
    Unarmed does not in any way indicate a lack of danger to officers or citizenry.
    Rant over, you can delete this if you think it’s too long to leave as a comment.

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