Comments on: Chicago cop’s lawsuit against estate of slain teen might be a first https://www.chicagoreporter.com/chicago-cops-lawsuit-against-estate-of-slain-teen-might-be-a-first/ Investigating race and poverty since 1972 Mon, 23 Apr 2018 21:09:27 +0000 hourly 1 By: past tense https://www.chicagoreporter.com/chicago-cops-lawsuit-against-estate-of-slain-teen-might-be-a-first/#comment-1257 Wed, 24 Feb 2016 04:58:00 +0000 http://www.chicagoreporter.com/?p=137975#comment-1257 In reply to Law ‘n order.

the third thing you do is what rialmo did: get far enough away from the person swinging the bat so that he is no longer an immediate threat. assuming what the chicago PD says (always a questionable proposition) it was after rialmo evaded the danger that he decided to go rambo and start firing shots.

it’s hard to say that he “feared for his life” if he only started shooting after he had successfully taken evasive action…

]]> By: Law 'n order https://www.chicagoreporter.com/chicago-cops-lawsuit-against-estate-of-slain-teen-might-be-a-first/#comment-1251 Wed, 10 Feb 2016 02:19:00 +0000 http://www.chicagoreporter.com/?p=137975#comment-1251 If a guy swings a bat at you, you either counter with a baton or simply reach out your hand and take the bat away (yes, I have done exactly that). Shooting is in no way justifiable.

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