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What Would a Reasonable Officer Do Right Now?

Freddy Centeno was shot seven times and died in the hospital 23 days later. The lawyer for Freddy Centeno's family is basically just like, you know, a bad shooting. Like this was an atrocity. Nothing about this use of force should be considered reasonable because the cops in this situation, they rolled right up on Freddy Centeno. They didn't give him any time. And when he does, you can see Centeno's right hand reaches into his pocket. This to Jim was the only moment that matters. He talks about rank West: Allow us must be made for the fact we saw this are often forced to make split-second judgments. It's nothing like television.

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