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by cgriswald 3301 days ago
> The unarmed case is the one I pay attention to the most as I think that it (mostly?) filters out cases where shootings were justified.

An armed person can be shot and it can still be unjustified. The presence of a gun does not mean there was any danger or even the appearance of danger.

An unarmed person can give the appearance of having a weapon or may pose a clear threat regardless and such a killing could be justified.

I think mostly paying attention to the unarmed case allows the armed case to mask any potential problems, while also includes the implicit assumption that unarmed cases are mostly unjustified will exaggerate the appearance of problems.