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Old 05-01-2008
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Re: NYPD officers acquitted of all charges in shooting of Sean Bell

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Originally Posted by EricOKC View Post
When you've been told to stop, yes.

He was lawfully ordered to stop. He ignored this order. At that point, the police have the duty to force compliance. If this cannot be done verbally, then force - or the threat of force - must be used.

The moment he chose not to comply, whatever happened after that was Bell's fault.
So if I tell someone to stop, they get into the car, I can threaten to kill them with a gun, and kill them if they try to get away?

But seriously, you feel that getting into a car equates to a threat just because you've been told to stop prior to that? It's non-compliance, but I don't see how having been told to stop prior to it makes it a threat automatically.
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