I'm not all that shocked that Totallackey would be in the mindset that it was all well and good to kill someone for running away with your non-lethal weapon. Yes the drunk guy who managed to take the taser and get away from two officers was stupid for doing that but the situation didn't call for an execution.
And I am not shocked you find it okay to claim I said it was okay to kill anyone.
I stated it was okay for the cop to shoot the shitbag.
It just so happens that if you get shot, you have a chance of dying.
I am also not shocked you would be okay with a drunk guy running around with a taser.
I am also not surprised at your inability to ask yourself, "What happens if the fine young, intelligent, reasoned individual, who was already drunk, already illegally driving under the influence, already illegally sleeping it off in a fast-food restaurant drive-thru, already non-cooperative, already trying to decide what is right while drunk, takes the taser, incapacitates one or more officers with the taser and then takes control of the service revolver or Remington 870 shotgun located in the vehicle?"
Maybe it is not an inability on your part to ask such a question...perhaps it is just you thinking everything is just hunky dory with shitbags such as these...
I doubt you have any clue as to what situations an officer is trained to shoot.
Nor the mentality it takes to be a police officer.
Part of the problem is probably how they were trained and what mentality they have... There are a lot of clear cut cases of officers being on power trips and having egos that when bruised result in unlawful action from said officers. Every single officer absolutely cannot have these problems. No one should be able to become an officer of the law if that is how they think and act. IMO in the situation above, the officer shot the guy because the officer was losing control of the situation, not because he felt like he was in mortal danger.
Once a suspect is able to gain control over a piece of equipment, then yes...not only was the officer's life in danger but so were the lives of many other people.
But it is okay...driving under the influence doesn't count as endangering lives in your book either...
With that said if you're stupid enough to take an officers weapon and run after being drunk driving then I'm not going to get bent of shape when you get yourself killed. Both the officer and the drunken guy were acting stupidly in the moment.
I struck out the only part of your last point that made no sense whatsoever.