[lbo-talk] Headshot - New International Procedural Standards Adopted

[Jim Devine]

Wojtek:
> Earlier this week, a criminal escaping in a stolen car at 140mph in a busy city
> street rammed into another car killing two people literally on my doorsteps.
> That would have been avoided, had the police adopted the shoot to kill policy in
> that case.

are there only two alternatives, i.e., (1) having the police let him
go or (2) having the police act as prosecutors, judges, juries, and
executioners all wrapped up in one? (The latter seems to put a lot of
weight on the cops' competencies and consciences, no?)

In L.A., there are lots of car chases (no surprise, since cars are our
religion). One solution that the cops have used is to let the runner
drive until he or she runs out of gas... There must be other
alternatives.
-- 
Jim Devine
"I like work; it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours."
-- Jerome K. Jerome.