[quote=Brovo]
2: if they were struggling for the firearm, that is point blank range. Ignoring everything else, you're telling me six shots at point blank including two guaranteed kill shots to the head would leave behind no residue? And that two of those panic fire shots are head shots? And there's no fingerprints from Brown on the firearm last I checked?
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I didn't mean to imply that all of the shots occurred at point blank range, just to illustrate that, aside from the single shot inside the car, all of the other shots occurred at an incredible range of distances. He could have been anywhere from 2 feet to 1000 feet(potentially even further) away from the officer when he got shot. Also, from what I've heard only one of the headshots was fatal, and there are a many situations where a struggle for a gun has only one person's hands on the weapon.

[quote=Brovo]
3: Is that how cops operate in the states? Frightening. Here in Canada they are trained to use nonlethal where possible, even with firearms, because we want our criminals alive to face a court of law. Mainly to avoid shit like this. Guess I still have a lot to learn about the united states.
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[quote=Magic Magnum]
Though also being Canadian I'll voice a similliar concern/confusion that Brovo did, the Cop should of aimed for non-lethal shots. Now, panic happens, accidents happen. But this did not seem like a case where the officer could get away with purposely aiming for lethal shots.
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It indeed would be nice if one could target for non-lethality in all cases, but it doesnt always turn out that way. I don't know if this officer was an incredible marksman, or only attended the required departmental training shoots, but in either case you have to think of aiming a firearm, especially a handgun in an adrenaline filled scenario, as a cone of fire. The slightest twitch, from a shaky hand to your heart pumping blood through your hands, can angle the barrel a couple degrees in any direction from where you are aiming at, and over a distance even as short as 30 feet it can matter, throwing the bullet off many inches. Thats why you aim AT the target in general, not at the target's _____, so you can guarantee that you hit the target somewhere and stop them.