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Are you saying that a 9MM hollow pint has the same lethality as a 9MM fmj? I have personally seen the firearms discharge report on the Diallo shooting. It specifically states the fmj round the officers were using contributed to the amount of shots fired, due to Diallo not going down and the rounds that passed through him ricochetting BACK at the officers. The job had been trying to go to hollow points for years, but the usual anti-cop rabble rousers protested it. In spite of that, the job could no longer issue fmj ammo after the Diallo shooting. 2 of the 4 officers had Combat Crosses, meaning they had been in shootouts before, so these guys weren't poorply trained, trigger happy boobs.
17 of the 19 shots that hit Diallo were not fatal. One of the ones that WAS fatal nicked an aorta so he bled internally, but he lived for 15-20 minutes after the shooting (died en route to the hospital). 17 shots at a range of less than 5 yards and he would have lived.
As for the recent NY shooting where bystanders were hit, the VAST majority of those hit (if not all) were hit with fragments from rounds bouncing off the concrete. I would wager a fmj round would have not broken up as much.
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