More Americans died in Chicago than in the Iraq & Afghanistan wars combined

[Aura7541]

VGPolyglot said:

Aura7541 said:

They'll use them when necessary (e.g. someone charging at an officer with a knife). JRPGfan makes a valid point because guns have range. Physical weapons have limited range that requires an attacker to get in close vincinity to cause harm.

They don't just shoot people running at them, they also shoot at people running away from them.

 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/video/news/video-1173602/GRAPHIC-Charleston-cop-fatally-shoots-man-runs-away.html

And even if most cops don't do it, many black people will still know that it does happen and will be scared and instinctively try to flee.

You provided a report showing one cop shooting a person running away. 'They' is plural. Why do I have to go over this again?

You also made the same mistake of making a generalization from a single incident. Prove to me that the cited incident is representative of what the police does in general.