Q: Why Can't Cops Shoot to Wound?

A: Because instead of the armed perp being taken out, thus elimating the threat, the armed perp may just say, "Ouch! My leg!" or "Ouch! My foot! You've shot me!" and then continue shooting at the police officer and innocent bystanders.

Most of the people who can't understand this are those 160 lb pale dudes with crumb-filled beards, wearing tight girly jeans and flip-flops.

Napalm is just another misinformed idiot

thats funny napalm how you twist this back at white people, when the stats clearly show that about 92% of murders are committed by non-whites. when the son of sam was out there he killed 6 of the 1557 killed that year. thats .385% of all murders. that means youd need 239 david berkowitz's running around just to equal the minority murder rate.

SHOOT TO STOP THREAT -

In the movies...three inch ring from eyebrow to top of lip.

in real life... center mass

And yes, Sean Skell and Danroy were both using cars as weapons b/c NYS LAW states that if a vehicle is being used as a weapon, the Police can shoot at the operator of that vehicle. So nO, Sean Skell and Danroy were in fact armed.

"You know guns don't kill people, stupid motherfuckers with guns kill people!"

I'm all for taking the cops out of the hoods. Let em take each other out.

To all of the individuals crying about the police intentionally shooting minorities (which is a COMPLETELY retarded fu**ing concept): I say we pull all cops from your hoods. Let's see how THAT rolls.

Dude, that sounds totally Rad bro!

If you took the cops out of NYC period" , we'd also be dealing with the likes of Berkowitz, the zodiac, unibomber ect.

We'd have the "summer of Sam" ×500 all year around.

thats funny napalm how you twist this back at white people, when the stats clearly show that about 92% of murders are committed by non-whites. when the son of sam was out there he killed 6 of the 1557 killed that year. thats .385% of all murders. that means youd need 239 david berkowitz's running around just to equal the minority murder rate.

The center of mass for most humans is right below the umbilicus, on midline, and in the frontal plane - and wouldn't include the head. NYPD spokesman Paul Browne doesn't know what the fuck he's talking about. Cops are taught to shoot ABOVE the center of mass, at the thorax which does two things - aims at the largest surface area for more accuracy and induces a rotational force backwards which will knock the person over.

He said "center mass," not "center of mass." It's a very specific term in gunplay.

I think the guy is just using the wrong terminology. I think what he means is that cops are used to shoot the area that is most likely to produce a hit - the cener of the chest/thorax. I don't think he literally means shoot them in their center of mass.

LOVE the picture next to this story. teehee.

AIM FOR THE FACE

nice to see annie oakley elevated to santa - like mythical status; i'm sure she would be pleased.

Here's an idea. Don't do criminal shit and you won't get shot. Doesn't seem like rocket science to me.

You also missed some very important words in your generalized statement. You may not get shot "...by cops." Living in a poor, crime-ridden neighborhood isn't a crime, last I knew. You owe all the innocent bystanders mowed down in crossfire and by random gunfire an apology.

Tell that to Amadou Diallo.

Only in rightwingamerica (aka da movies) do pistol shooters know where their rounds are going.

Started reading the NY times blog article, but after I read the part about the cop on 31st street shooting the bank robber in the leg, I had to stop reading. Just because the cop, under pressure, missed center mass, and hit the leg, doesn't mean that he was aiming for the leg.

Also, wasn't the cop that was shot in brooklyn nearly killed from a leg shot, and wasn't he saved, or at least his leg saved by another cop creating a makeshift tourniquet on his leg?