XPost: alt.law-enforcement, alt.thebird.copwatch, nyc.general   
   XPost: alt.true-crime   
   From: central222@hotmail.com   
      
   frog wrote:   
   >   
   > "jaybird"  wrote in message   
   >   
   > > If a person has a   
   > > knife and they are threatening imminent serious bodily injury or death,   
   then   
   > > any person can use deadly force against that person regardless of their   
   > > mental state.   
   >   
   > Do you find a 'kook' with a knife THAT threatening?   
   >   
   > > From the movies it may appear that it's easy to knock a knife   
   > > from someone's hand with a baton, but it's not that way in real life.   
   >   
   > I bet you could crush someone's wrist with one blow.   
   >   
   > > A knife can be met by a gun according to the law.   
   >   
   > A knife can be met with deadly force according to the law   
      
      
   So can a candy bar if the person imagining the threat is a cop.   
      
   Or a sock, screwdriver, hammer, cell phone, wallet, etc.   
      
   > > The cops used a taser, that   
   > > didn't work, so the next level of force is a firearm to stop that threat,   
   >   
   > and not just a shoulder punch either.   
   >   
   > > They were being generous in using the taser in the first place.   
   >   
   > Generous huh? :)   
      
      
   Cops shove guns into people's faces every day and don't consdier it a   
   threat.   
      
   >   
   > -frog   
   > (Not generally Rambo-ish)   
      
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