re: Police in Wash. Shoot Man Running From them with a rock in his hands.

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If someone is trying to harm an officer then I think they have every right to defend themselves

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Absolutely.

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in a way they deem appropriate

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Yes and no. Officers are trained to escalate force based on the threat to themselves and the public and to de-escalate when the situation is under control. Again.. a few seconds of video with no context for what happened before... can't give anyone a logical determination of if they were justified or not. An investigation should.