7 shots isn't excessive at all. Adrenaline will keep you going even though you have been shot. In those seconds, he could have killed the cop behind him, run over the people in the street, or possibly harmed the kids in the back.
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I’ve seen and heard the video. Neither are conclusive, but Blake did manage to get the officer in a headlock. That is in part because the officers are poorly trained in subduing suspects peacefully and rely too heavily on pulling guns.
I'm all for more training for the full range of force. Two trained men should be able to subdue an unarmed man nearly all of the time. But if a knife was pulled at some point in that struggle, this is a very different scenario, and getting some distance was the right move
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I can’t disagree with any of that. If indeed there was a knife pulled that changes the math dramatically. I hope we will get clarity on that point ASAP... imagine if they had body cams ;)
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Even if they had body cameras, you would still be upset that the man with the arrest warrant who was walking away from cops (who were pointing guns at him) and reaching into a car with children in the back got shot.
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