On Thursday evening in Tempe, Arizona, a state trooper was attacked by a Qatari man who was in the US on a student visa. In the resulting scuffle, the trooper was forced to shoot the attacker in self defense. The subject, Mohamed Ahmed Al-Hashemi, died from his wounds.
https://kvia.com/news/us-world/2019/12/20/police-arizona-officer-kills-qatari-man-who-attacked-him-2/
Here is the dash cam video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRAFTNnTkuw&feature=emb_logo
Was this a good shooting?
From my perspective with 27 years in law enforcement, I will say this:
Even though the two men were on the ground and out of camera view when the shot was fired, this is a good shooting in my view. As you see, the officer's orders and the taser gun failed to have any effect. The officer was clearly getting the worst of it and stated that he was close to blacking out. While it is not self defense to use deadly force to keep from getting beaten in a fight, it is pretty clear that the officer was in serious danger of having his gun taken from him and being shot.
So if you want to fight an armed police officer, you are putting him/her at a risk of having his/her weapon taken from him/her and being shot with it. Added to the irrational behavior of this suspect, the officer was justified in fearing for his life and that of the passenger.
So I advise you never to fight with a cop. You will lose in the end.
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