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Originally Posted by Q'smuscle
Well question is .... Was shooting a person that was running in the back justified? Even after getting tased? Because the Officer life wasn't in danger when the man was running away. Is it legal for us to shoot someone in the back for using a taser on us when our life is clearly not in danger because the person is running away?
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That is definitely the question that needs to be answered. I'm not going to begin to pretend that I'm familiar with proper police procedure but what would Scott have to do for Officer Slager to be able to defend himself? Shoot him first? Procedure be damned none of us can say how we would react in an extremely fast paced high pressure situation like that. Scott was obviously running away and judging the whole situation based on that one sequence of events does make the officer look bad. We still don't know the extent of the fight between them because it wasn't recorded by video. At what point does the officer have to show restraint once the danger starts to subside? Who can recognize an exact point of safety after being shot with your own taser by someone you just fought with? (Again, IF, that's what happened) The jury will decide that and if the evidence stacks up against the officer then the correct punishment will be handed down.