Originally Posted by
OngBonga
You didn't acknowledge my bank robber point. If you're a cop, and approach a bank robber, you're assuming he's armed. If he goes for his wallet, you're shooting him. There was a perceived immediate threat to life, even if that threat didn't actually exist. The same can be true of the looter. If the looters are within shooting range of the police, the reverse is true, the police are potentiall vulnerable. So how do you arrest them? You approach cautiously with gun drawn, and shoot as soon as there is any perceived threat. It's a tense situation and the police are well within their rights to shoot if they feel threatened.