SALEM, Ore. (AP) — More than 119,000 people have been injured by tear gas and other chemical irritants around the world since 2015 and some 2,000 suffered injuries from “less lethal” impact projectiles, according to a report released Wednesday.
Note the state... Oregon. Land of the leftie. The POS that wrote this report is soros funded like the DA that do the catch and release on criminals. Obviously not enough damage was done to the protestors that were rioting.
That's Philadelphia's $9.25 million divided by 119,000 or $77.73 payment per victim. That's not much. Should be more. Oh, wait, Philadelphia is not paying VICTIMS? Who wouda thunk.
I was fairly deeply involved in the early controversy around the introduction of TASER and similar electrical devices. The usual suspects pointed to rare deaths associated with these devices and claimed that they were deadly. Police who used them were vilified as torturers and murderers. I had one police chief change his policy from TASER use to "shoot to kill." His reasoning was that the legal issues around an officer-involved shooting were well known. Since TASER devices were deployed in lieu of shooting someone, from the police officer's point of view it was safer to kill the subject outright than it was to use the TASER and subdue him. The same thing is true here. The question is not how many people were "harmed" (however slightly) by these devices. The question is how many people would have been killed had they not been deployed. What is the acceptable ratio of nonfatal, nonpermanent "harm" to lethal force? These people who say we should ban the use of these devices don't want to answer the question o fhow many people would die because of it. Instead, their agenda seems to be that *no* force should be used, and that rioters should be able to burn, loot, and kill without fear of repercussion.
Not nearly enough
ReplyDeleteNote the state... Oregon. Land of the leftie. The POS that wrote this report is soros funded like the DA that do the catch and release on criminals. Obviously not enough damage was done to the protestors that were rioting.
ReplyDeleteThat's Philadelphia's $9.25 million divided by 119,000 or $77.73 payment per victim.
ReplyDeleteThat's not much. Should be more.
Oh, wait, Philadelphia is not paying VICTIMS?
Who wouda thunk.
How is 'injured' defined here? Could it be that 50, or 150 are 'injured' per bottle of irritant?
ReplyDelete'Since 2015' ... Until when exactly?
These are rookie numbers.
I was fairly deeply involved in the early controversy around the introduction of TASER and similar electrical devices. The usual suspects pointed to rare deaths associated with these devices and claimed that they were deadly. Police who used them were vilified as torturers and murderers. I had one police chief change his policy from TASER use to "shoot to kill." His reasoning was that the legal issues around an officer-involved shooting were well known. Since TASER devices were deployed in lieu of shooting someone, from the police officer's point of view it was safer to kill the subject outright than it was to use the TASER and subdue him. The same thing is true here. The question is not how many people were "harmed" (however slightly) by these devices. The question is how many people would have been killed had they not been deployed. What is the acceptable ratio of nonfatal, nonpermanent "harm" to lethal force? These people who say we should ban the use of these devices don't want to answer the question o fhow many people would die because of it. Instead, their agenda seems to be that *no* force should be used, and that rioters should be able to burn, loot, and kill without fear of repercussion.
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