Renaissance0321

For the people claiming officers should have used tasers I hear this argument over and over and over from people. There is a major disconnect between how police officers are trained to deal with situations and how the public perceives law enforcement actions.
 
First and foremost you would NOT attempt to taser someone with a knife. What if the man lunges at you and your taser misses or is ineffective? What is the man lunges at someone else and your taser misses or is ineffective? Now you have society questioning WHY the officer didn't shoot the man before he stabbed people. When faced with potentially lethal force you RESPOND with lethal force. There is no firing warning shots, or asking really nicely. You either drop the knife or you get shot plain and simple. Normal people of reason understand this.
 
Secondly, the general rule is most people can cover 10-20 ft in a matter of seconds. Considering the standard amount of time a police officer should be able to draw his weapon and fire is about 2.5 seconds or less. Even if you do fire in time there are only 3 ways a person can be disabled. Hydraulic failure (loss of blood causing heart to stop and organs to stop functioning etc - which usually takes a bit), CNS or central nervous system hit ie: shot to the head or spine, or the psychological impact of being shot. Assuming you miss the head or spine the person can easily shrug off the bullets and stab you or anyone else.
 
Hopefully this raises some awareness when watching videos like this. Feel free to quote when responding to the next guy asking why an officer didn't just shoot the guy in the leg or try to use a taser.