Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site amdcad.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!amdcad!phil From: phil@amdcad.UUCP (Phil Ngai) Newsgroups: net.flame,net.politics Subject: Re: Lethal force used by police Message-ID: <330@amdcad.UUCP> Date: Sun, 2-Dec-84 01:24:28 EST Article-I.D.: amdcad.330 Posted: Sun Dec 2 01:24:28 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 4-Dec-84 05:25:55 EST References: <3@vax2.fluke.UUCP> <259@spp2.UUCP> <365@whuxl.UUCP> <494@uwmacc.UUCP> <378@whuxl.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: AMDCAD, Sunnyvale, CA Lines: 16 > Where? In at least two of the towns I have lived in there have been tragic > deaths because policemen shot people who were harmless. In Dunedin, Florida > a 14 year old boy was killed in a school yard--policemen thought he might > be robbing something and ordered him to freeze. The boy panicked and ran-- > the policeman shot and killed him. I do not believe the police are authorized to use deadly force to stop a suspect from running away. Sounds like these policemen weren't properly trained. -- I'm not a programmer, I'm a hardware type. Phil Ngai (408) 749-5790 UUCP: {ucbvax,decwrl,ihnp4,allegra}!amdcad!phil ARPA: amdcad!phil@decwrl.ARPA