Week 4 discussion question | Criminal homework help

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Please respond to the following in a substantive post: 

• Consider this scenario: You are a police officer. You stop a vehicle, and the subject immediately jumps out with his right hand hidden behind his back. He begins to run toward your patrol vehicle.
  • Would you or wouldn’t you pull your weapon? Why or why not?
• Consider the continuation of this scenario: You command the subject to stop. The subject continues to advance quickly on you. 
  • Would you or wouldn’t you shoot the subject, not knowing for sure whether he has a firearm hidden behind his back? Why or why not?    

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