I'm conflicted.

I'm slightly less conflicted. Summary execution for suspected crimes is simply wrong. That's not how the world's leading democracy is supposed to work. Then again, I question whether the US is still the world's leading democracy.

I don't have a problem with use of force to gain compliance, and potentially lethal force in certain circumstances. On land, I'm perfectly fine with PIT maneuvers at any speed when the fleeing suspect is endangering the public by driving at reckless speeds and running through intersections with no care for others around them. On the sea, there is no PIT maneuver. You have to disable the fleeing boat. So I have no problem with 50 cal shots aimed at the engines or other critical parts of the craft in an attempt to disable it. Sometimes, that's going to end with that projectile (or shrapnel) hitting someone, potentially innocents on the boat. But simply blowing up the whole boat is NOT OK.

--Peter

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