Originally Posted by The_Real_Hawkeye
Originally Posted by gitem_12

* it is the accepted standard that anyone within 21 feet of you armed with a knife is a legitimate lethal threat to you



While that is indeed tactical wisdom well worth knowing, it's not a legal principle. What the law demands is some sort of action by said armed man, immediately preceding the lethal force self-defense/defense-of-others, that would indicate to a reasonable man that violence of a sort that could cause serious harm or death, is imminent. No such action is visible on the clip. Previous actions don't cut it, even if they might lower the bar for what a reasonable man would classify as an imminently threatening action.

I know all these laws relating to lethal force justification make a policeman's job more difficult and dangerous, but that's the price we pay for living in a society where the police aren't a law unto themselves.



It isn't just tactical wisdom. There is legal precedent behind it

It has been and will be an accepted standard

The government plans these shootings by targeting kids from kindergarten that the government thinks they can control with drugs until the appropriate time--DerbyDude


Whatever. Tell the oompa loompa's hey for me. [/quote]. LtPPowell