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Mike McDaniel take it away
last posted this article in October of 2022. It’s a topic worthy of reiteration, so for your reading pleasure, an updated article on a timeless issue.
Some stupidity never ends, as Cam Edwards at Bearing Arms, explains:
As you can imagine, the Washington Post absolutely love the idea put forth by LaGrange, Georgia police chief Louis Dekmar, though most law enforcement officers quoted by the paper take a dim view of Dekmar’s new tactic.
The chief’s ‘Shoot to Incapacitate’ program has drawn interest from academics who say it merits further study. In the national law enforcement community, however, it has elicited harsh, widespread criticism.
Other police leaders in Georgia found the idea so controversial that they made it a focus of their annual conference in August, flying in nine experts to discuss the pros and cons. One group’s executive director will soon release a position paper advising departments throughout the state not to follow Dekmar’s lead.
While such a policy might be supported by the public, explained John B. Edwards of the Peace Officers Association of Georgia, most agencies would find it impossible to implement. ‘It’s opened Pandora’s box,’ he said.
What Chief Dekmar wants is shooting people more kindly and gently, shooting them just a little bit instead of a whole bunch. It’s a kind of extension of the whole “defund the police, community policing, please don’t prosecute us for doing our job” movement. It’s also essentially a pain compliance technique, hoping that if you shoot someone somewhere non-vital, it’s really going to hurt, and they won’t want to get hurt anymore, so they’ll suddenly stop their murderous rage and/or overcome the drugs comprising 50% of their blood volume and instantly become calm, rational and obedient.
Go enjoy the rest, as McDaniel. Lays into the inanity of shoot to incapacitate
