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Officers respond to the following call ( Black male with a firearm ) suspect runs trips and fall the firearm falls from waistband suspect picks firearm back up. Is the officer right to open fire why or why not.

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Yes. The suspect should never pick up a gun. As a cop their lives are on the line, if they hesitate the suspect could have shot the cop. The cop maybe shouldn’t open finer but shoot in arm or leg
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