keiferhawk@yahoo.com comments

For all of you who don't seem to know about how non violent Japanese cops are compared to the US, or those of you who think the cops can't aim, or should have shot him in the chest because in your opinion stopping=killing. POLICE IN JAPAN DONT SHOOT TO KILL! By law they are to shoot to wound if they ever have to use their guns. Shooting to kill is an absolutely last resort and taken into account, but it is almost looked at like it should never happen at all. If a cop shoots a fleeing suspect in the back whether intentionally or accidentally, or shoots them in the head or chest first its seen as murder. Their first and foremost job is to save lives, even if it means saving a madman from himself. DONT TAKE IT OUT, DONT FLAUNT IT, DONT USE IT is what whats drilled into recruits at the academy and that doesnt change when on the field. There was a case not too long ago here in Japan with a knife weilding man vs three cops, the three cops restrained the madman, two of the cops were sent to the hospital for moderate knife wounds, NONE of the three cops pulled their gun out. Thats how much they are reluctant to use a gun, even if just to wound. Meanwhile back in the US, cops are "so scared for their lives!" they have no choice but to shoot multiple rounds into a knife weilding, psychotic, extremely dangerous man charging at them full speed...in a wheelchair. Never mind tazers(which Japanese cops don't use btw because it would be veiwed as demeaning and cruel by the public and never be accepted)