Posted on 05/26/2010 3:57:47 PM PDT by KeyLargo
New York Post Updated: Tue., May. 25, 2010, 10:43 AM home Cops furious at 'don't-kill' bill
By MURRAY WEISS, Criminal Justice Editor
Last Updated: 10:43 AM, May 25, 2010
Posted: 3:13 AM, May 25, 2010
City cops are livid over a legislative proposal that could handcuff the brave officers involved in life-and-death confrontations every day -- requiring them to shoot gun-wielding suspects in the arm or leg rather than shoot to kill, The Post has learned.
The "minimum force" bill, which surfaced in the Assembly last week, seeks to amend the state penal codes' "justification" clause that allows an officer the right to kill a thug if he feels his life or someone else's is in imminent danger.
The bill -- drafted in the wake of Sean Bell's controversial police shooting death -- would force officers to use their weapons "with the intent to stop, rather than kill" a suspect. They would be mandated to "shoot a suspect in the arm or the leg."
Under present NYPD training, cops are taught to shoot at the center of their target and fire their weapon until the threat has been stopped.
"These are split-second, spontaneous events -- and officers have to make a full assessment in a fraction of a second," said an angry Michael Paladino, president of the Detectives Endowment Association. "It is not realistic, and it exists only in cartoons.
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Just the latest liberal stupidity.
Wouldn’t it be better if police were properly drilled so they could hit what they aim at?
LMAO stupidity !
Cops in NY will just need to shoot till they hit an arm or a leg......
It should not be shoot to kill, or shoot to wound. It should be shoot to stop the action or the threat. Center mass can be taught easily and learned and committed to almost instinct. Annie Oakley, indeed, would have to be the range instructor.
Just because you shoot somebody in the arm or the leg, does not mean he is going to stop fighting!
One time they shot at a suspect 27 times and missed ....
welcome to Odumboworld
I think The Rifleman, The Lone Ranger, Gene Autry, Cheyenne, Maverick, Paladin, et. al. basically shot the gun out of the bad guy’s hand.
The sights are there for a reason.
LOL, there is no forensic evidence to tell which bullet hit first ... is there? I don’t think so.
Phil Engledrum once wrote that the FBI standard of marksmanship was so low that they ought to be required to carry Uzis in shopping bags.
How about we just limit the LEOs to a sternly worded warning... on paper? Works for the UN.
They ought to all quit and tell the NY legislature to do what they can to protect the people.
Welcome to Mayor Blooming-idiot’s world.
Ya know... shooting to wound is considered taboo in hunting. The least humane way to dispatch prey is to wound. There are no animals in the entire catalog of species that simply “wound” for no reason. Humanity is taking one step after another into territory that got our ancient ancestors killed. Why do you think we never hear about the great hunter gatherers of Australopithicus Obamanuts?
Yep.....law is law !
Shoot low Sheriff he’s ridin a shetland.....
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