Argumentative Essay: Is It Necessary To Fire?

When a police officer pulls their gun out it is because they are under a possible deadly threat or the public is under a threat. In the case of this story, a public citizen threw a beer bottle at the back of a stopped police car causing the glass to shatter. Furthermore, the officers, “fearing they were under fire, the officers bailed out of the cruiser and fired their own guns at a nearby man they believed was responsible, killing him” (2015). The officers who are now being investigated on whether there force was reasonable due to the fact the suspect did not possess a gun or a weapon. So ultimately, there is a question of was it necessary to fire in this situation? Of course, we were not there and the situation happen so fast it is hard to determine if it was reasonable. …show more content…
Furthermore, the choice of target was intentional and not a random car so this brought a fear to the police officers who are trained to react fast in dangerous situation and in this case they did. There will be those who say it was unnecessary for the officers to kill the man for a thrown bottle but the officers didn’t have time climb in the back of the squad car and look for a bottle. In addition, the public might also complain about why these officers weren’t wearing cameras. This is due to the fact, “their division has not yet received the devices under the LAPD” (2015). This subject brings in a bunch of other factors including when an officer has the right to turn the cameras off such as their lunch or restroom breaks. The addition of a person of view cameras on officers will bring a whole new level of evidence to the criminal justice system that could help out or ruin a police officer if they are ever in a deadly force