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Originally Posted by Nimetic
What is a hammer going to do? Sure if you let somebody hit you over the head it could hurt. But a thrown hammer. It will do nothing unless it hits you in the face. And the head is a small target. A person can dodge. Having had stuff thrown at me by my brother - I reckon dodging is fairly easy. You can see a throw coming in advance, from the arm movement.
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You would risk it? If your job was to protect and serve, and you had the option to diffuse the situation using a device that is non lethal (not in this case, obviously, but the officer had no way in hell of knowing it would kill her), only injures the offender and is guaranteed to diffuse the situation, why would you risk injury to yourself, to others, both the victim and the offender by not using that option? It is almost as if you're assuming the cops burst into the room, took one look and fired away with the taser.