Have you shot a handgun much? Not attacking you, but I will bet not.
Agree he acted heroically and properly, but this shoot-to-wound stuff is not something anyone does: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3193963/posts?page=195#195
The theory may be crummy in practice and not what was intended, but Guenevere’s observation is still extremely useful: the cop DID “shoot-to-wound” insofar as the first four shots (regardless of intent) did in fact hit Brown’s arm; lethal head shots followed only after FOUR of those attempts failed to stop him (and coroner concluded even the eye-socket shot wasn’t the terminal one).
To wit:
“Well, why didn’t the cop just shoot him in the arm or leg or something instead of killing him?”
“HE DID! the cop shot Brown in the arm FOUR TIMES and he STILL continued approaching to attack the cop (after already punching him in the face so hard he broke the cop’s eye socket)!”
I think the kid was weaving