(08-24-2020, 07:00 PM)mikesez Wrote: cops need to be trained to rely less on their guns, and to establish distance when they do choose to use them. Guns are ranged weapons. If two people are fighting hand-to-hand, or within arm's reach of each other, and there is an exposed, unlocked gun in play, something has gone very wrong, tactically speaking. Cops need to be trained to expect chasing and tackling and punching as part of the job.

The cops tased him and he didn't stop. The cops have no good option. Cops used to tackle and take criminals down and then liberals started complaining that it was police brutality to punch the criminal to get them to stop trying to escape. Then tasers were finally used, but criminals were getting shocked and that really has been removed as an option for the most part. Now the cops have to ask nicely and hope you comply, if you don't they have a choice to make. They either put their hands on the criminal and risk their jobs or wait until the criminal makes themselves a threat.

I would prefer the cops beat the criminal, but I also didn't see a problem with most of the instances where cops hit a suspect until they stopped fighting. You can't take the non-lethal options away from cops and not expect them to rely on their gun more.

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