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Re:George Floyd Protest – police brutality videos on Twitter by bakuninsbart on Monday June 15, 2020 @10:20AM (#23527603)
Americans certainly know more than western/northern Europe about shooting people, but police here is trained to shoot to incapacitate, and it generally seems to work, as the fatality rate of police shootings is only about half as high as in the US.
Re:George Floyd Protest – police brutality videos on Twitter by socraticmethod on Monday June 15, 2020 @11:02AM (#23528009)
"...but police here is trained to shoot to incapacitate, and it generally seems to work."

I've never heard of this practice, and the opposite is regularly taught to various armed forces around the world. I'm curious to read about it, do you have any info or sources to share?

Re:George Floyd Protest – police brutality videos on Twitter by wl on Monday June 15, 2020 @12:04PM (#23528874)
You really need a citation for the notion that police in any part of the world are trained to shoot to incapacitate rather than kill. Firearms are deadly weapons. Shots aimed at any part of the body can easily be fatal because there are arteries everywhere.
Re:George Floyd Protest – police brutality videos on Twitter by ha4fsd3fas on Monday June 15, 2020 @11:20AM (#23528211)
Half seems insignificant since in America the shootings are more commonly two sided, which warrants more deadly use of force. You wouldn't stop with the first bullet if your target had a gun in their hand(as opposed to a knife).
Re:George Floyd Protest – police brutality videos on Twitter by tartoran on Monday June 15, 2020 @11:49AM (#23528684)
If the target has a gun in their hand no doubt they represent a threat. Use the body cam to prove that and you're good in the eyes of the law. But, I've seen plenty of people fleeing being shot and that is just so wrong, the said cop being the justice and the executioner, with a decision which they have taken in blink. And I've seen cases where the cop got away with it and that is what hot buttoned the protesters.
Re:George Floyd Protest – police brutality videos on Twitter by Scarblac on Monday June 15, 2020 @10:36AM (#23527764)
Police in Europe is more trained in general. Something like 9 months of training to become a police officer in the US vs two or three years in western/northern Europe.