Originally posted by Sour Masher
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The other factor is that the PB in question was a giant hulk of a man. The broad face slap from him would have equated a closed fist right hook from someone else. It would have done some damage, maybe a concussion. That doesn't equate a death sentence, but he wasn't given one. He was shot once to stop his actions, and he died in the process of preventing his causing more violence.
I would always prefer a non lethal action to prevent death, but I don't see any more reasonable response here that would have more assuredly put down the threat and also protected his life.
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