Shoot to kill: A policy that was DOA?

[scaeagles]

Good thoughts, Alex. Often if something fails horribly on an occassion, such as with the shooting in question, the entire policy or program is deemed a failure, and that is not always the case.

Perhaps in this world we are in now, probable cause will have to take on a broader definition. If you are a Middle Eastern man walking toward a subway with a backpack, is that probable cause to stop you and search you? If you run for any reason, does this mean you are deemed a threat to the safety of those around you? I can see no other solution, really, unless the solution is deemed worse than the problem. It could be, because even with an expanded application of probable cause, there is no way all suicide bombers could ever be stopped.