SylviaB
Just Bee Yourself 🐝
Whether or not he should have shot that many times is a different issue to the way in which the shooting occurred. Surely you can agree that my scenario is a lot different than the 'execution style murder' scenario people have been claiming.
As for whether or not he shot too many times? Well, probably. But it was also probably a split second thing with a rapid weapon discharge, rather than a conscious decision to shoot six separate times. He wanted to be absolutely certain that Brown was stopped, which was a lot safer for him than shooting once and seeing if the shot hit brown or not.
If Brown was in fact charging towards the police officer, which we aren't sure if he was or not, then he could have seriously injured or killed the police officer, either by tackling him to the ground and slamming his head into the pavement or by stealing the officer's firearm. In which case the priority is defense. Police are not trained to wound because its a really poor strategy. The priority is neutralizing the target. So if the incident did play out as per above, I think the number of bullets fired in that instant is irrelevant. It would of course be a different story if the officer kept firing after Brown was on the ground.
