General Discussion
In reply to the discussion: This message was self-deleted by its author [View all]jberryhill
(62,444 posts)Is the scale of the act planned, or the limited ability we have to know "if someone is planning X" whether we don't know if they are planning Y, where Y may be larger than X, a factor?
I mean, sure, guy in bunker with hostage in Alabama - we know where he is, what he is doing, and what the worst case consequences are.
How far down the road should someone go in a situation where they cannot be apprehended before it reaches the point where it IS parallel to the use of deadly force in the ordinary law enforcement context?
I had brought this up before when there was a guy in Seattle who had a habit of shooting cops. There was a string of situations where he had shot police who were trying to apprehend him. When he was found one night, there was some question about whether the cop who did find him was too quick on the draw, but on the other hand, there were previous cops who were slower on the draw and had holes in them.
I'm not suggesting a parallel with Jimmie Lee Dykes per se, but the more general case where we do accept use of deadly force in law enforcement situations, subject to appropriate conditions.