I never could get all the fact of this shooting, but found that 14 rounds of ammo was over kill. I don't know what they carry for weapons but they need bigger bullets.Jury convicts Chicago police officer of murder in 2014
Van Dyke is the first Chicago police officer to face a murder charge for an on-duty incident in decades. His conviction could quell any possible unrest of the kind that has occurred in other cities in recent years when white officers have been cleared of charges in the shooting deaths of black men.
"This is historic for Chicago and police misconduct cases around the country. The jury did what they could with the evidence," said Reverend Janette Wilson of Rainbow PUSH Coalition, a Chicago-based civil rights organization.
Jury convicts Chicago police officer of murder in 2014 shooting of black teen
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LOL, finally.
14 rounds IS overkill. Apparently, cops today aren't taught ammo control like we were in the military. The Gunny that trained us taught us to shoot 2 to 3 rounds, assess the threat, and if more shots were required, another 2 to 3.
We also practiced that way on the range. We had a course set up where you had to fire from a window, a doorway, behind a wall, kneeling, prone and a couple of other stations. At each one, you had a specific amount of shots you had to fire. Use too many on the targets at the beginning? You ran out of ammo by the last 2 targets and failed.
My question is, why aren't cops being taught ammo control?