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Protester shot in chest by live police round during Hong Kong protests

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628 points nodea2345 | 1 comments | 01 Oct 19 11:19 UTC | HN request time: 0.208s | source
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dx87 ◴[01 Oct 19 13:15 UTC] No.21124948[source]▶
Not to defend what the police have been doing overall during this protest, but in this specific incident you can see the protestors beating a police officer on the ground, and the protestor who got shot was swinging a metal pipe at the police officer that shot him.
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vnchr ◴[01 Oct 19 14:40 UTC] No.21125783[source]▶
The police are allowed to shoot someone in the leg. Lethal force is not the only option with a firearm.
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1. goles ◴[01 Oct 19 15:29 UTC] No.21126437[source]▶
In defensive shootings the objective is to stop the immediate threat which is best accomplished by shooting center mass and damaging the vital organs. Shooting to maim will give the attacker the opportunity to disable you or take the weapon from you which will likely result in your death.