just to stipulate, I did not read all of this thread as you can probably tell by my quoting a post on the first page. I am all for the police shooting when they are legitimately threatened with bodily harm, as long as the response is equal to the threat. I am in no way concerned with the fact that the "carjacker" that was killed that is being referred to in the above posts was killed by the police. AS long as police use common sense and do not get overzealous, which I think most are capable of acting responsibly, I don't have a problem with them defending themselves with lethal means.