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in response to reader comment: Missing the point

Submitted by Neil, Dec 5, 2006 12:19

What if the officer had only fired three bullets but each one had hit one of the cars occupants in the head and killed them. There would have been three shots and three deaths as opposed to 50 shots and one death - which outcome is the lesser of two evils? The point being, the number of shots fired is really not relevant however it makes for great (though as usual simplistic) sound bites and rap songs.


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