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Even a taser could have prevented that without them shooting him like 20 times....

That's US police for ya :|

tbf I think this one was kinda justified after all he did pull a gun but they couldn't have tackled him down to the ground? and they always fire so many shots? I know 9mm isn't the best for stopping power but come on

When you slump to the floor and look either passed out or dead I think more shooting is excessive. Makes me glad our police don't have guns as standard.

yeah i dont know why the girl shot him..... while he was on the ground 5 seconds after.. but why the hell would you pull and airsoft gun on a cop in the first place? maybe he is drunk?

Easy to say that the police should have done this or that, the guy pulled a gun! all be it a BB gun, he could have dropped it. It all happened so quick what are the police supposed to do? Does seem like overkill but he is still holding the gun when he drops!

^^^^ this guy gets it

fair enough, i know in that situation I would have done the same thing without judgment

It's entirely justified and that many shots isn't 'overkill'.

From start to finish:

They didn't arrest him in the building as that often causes an escalation, so they move him outside. This decreases casualties if SHTF.

He pulls -without warning- a gun shaped object. All gun shaped objects ARE guns and ALL GUNS ARE ALWAYS LOADED.

So in this split second he has drawn a loaded gun without provocation or being told or allowed to.

This escalates the si...

He pulled a gun on armed police. They aren't going to wait around and let him shoot at them in order to find out if it's real or not. As for the number of shots, it's a case of making sure he's no longer a threat to their lives. They aren't going to politely shoot him in the foot and wait to see if he drops the gun or fires back. They shoot until he is no longer a threat to their own lives, as well as those of bystanders - a crowded restaurant by the looks of it.