Man pepper sprays deputy, deputy shoots and kills man

[BryanP]

This is why the po-po gets all the used 40 mike mike launchers.

I thought that sort of thing was launched from 37mm launchers, specifically so that there couldn't be a mixup with military 40mm gear?

[Boomhauer]

I thought that sort of thing was launched from 37mm launchers, specifically so that there couldn't be a mixup with military 40mm gear?

Generally 37mm is what I see being used. In fact I believe most of the such munitions are made in 37mm

[AZRedhawk44]

I thought that sort of thing was launched from 37mm launchers, specifically so that there couldn't be a mixup with military 40mm gear?

37mm is only for us proles.  

Police are prufeshinal enough to mix up munitions and it's just an liability-free accident when they do it, so no need to give them a different caliber.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_40_mm_grenades



ETA:  Boomhauer is right, I take it back.  37mm is an option for less lethal gas projectiles.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/37_mm_flare

[Brad Johnson]

Another agreement with Boom. 

A driver in a simple traffic stop becomes physically aggressive, then intentionally sprays the officer(s) with an incapacitant.  Given this it must be presumed that the perp's agitated mental state and aggressive behavior are indicative of malicious and violent intent, and now the perp has direct access to the incapacitated officer's weapon.  It is both reasonable and logical to presume, if the reported circumstanced are generally accurate, that this situation presents an immediate threat of serious injury or death to both officers.  As such, the second officer seems to have reacted accordingly.

More details and third party confirmation would be nice, but given the perp's recent legal history I see this as going away pretty quickly.

Brad

[roo_ster]

Dude already had access to a weapon and had no need of the officer's weapon.  That would be his car.

Plugging dude may be justified by several reasons, but access to the officer's weapon does not seem one of them in this case.

[Tallpine]

More details and third party confirmation would be nice, but given the perp's recent legal history I see this as going away pretty quickly.

The outcome of an investigation into a police shooting has little or no relevance to the justification of that shooting.

In this case it probably was justified.