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From: phil@amdcad.UUCP (Phil Ngai)
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Subject: Re: Lethal force used by police
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Date: Sun, 2-Dec-84 01:24:28 EST
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> 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
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