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Yes, but the better question to ask is, "Do police shoot citizens who do not (or are not known to) pose an immediate threat?"
The answer is yes. Here's a recent murder, complete with two other officers attempting to cover it up:
http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/jul/30/samuel-dubose...
It's also worth asking how so many citizens are able to "shoot themselves" while handcuffed in the back of a police cruiser:
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/police-teen-shot-self-in-head-wh...
I see that sort of incident in the news several times a year, and I can't possibly be seeing all of the reported incidents. There are just too many deaths for one person to keep up with:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_killings_by_law_enforc...
And those lists probably don't include suspicious deaths in police custody (squad cars, jail cells).
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Yes, but the better question to ask is, "Do police shoot citizens who do not (or are not known to) pose an immediate threat?"
The answer is yes. Here's a recent murder, complete with two other officers attempting to cover it up:
http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/jul/30/samuel-dubose...
It's also worth asking how so many citizens are able to "shoot themselves" while handcuffed in the back of a police cruiser:
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/police-teen-shot-self-in-head-wh...
I see that sort of incident in the news several times a year, and I can't possibly be seeing all of the reported incidents. There are just too many deaths for one person to keep up with:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_killings_by_law_enforc...
And those lists probably don't include suspicious deaths in police custody (squad cars, jail cells).