Police criticize Biden's advice that cops should shoot suspects 'in the leg'
Updated: September 1, 2024 - 7:23pm
Joe Biden's remarks on police use-of-force at his Philadelphia town hall event on Thursday—in which he suggested that police officers should shoot violent assailants in the leg to avoid a potentially fatal altercation—have garnered significant criticism from law enforcement officials throughout the country, with experts arguing that police are trained to do exactly the opposite of what Biden advised in order to minimize harm during violent altercations.