Shots x 12

As we have been going through the different Ferguson volumes, many students have commented on how firing 12 rounds is excessive. every time someone mentions that and how the fact that 12 rounds were fired and how that specifically is excessive use of force I have a different view. Wilson could have fired 24 shots at Brown and if only 4 of those rounds did damage, as in the actual shooting, the force used would have been the same. In my opinion, the amount of rounds used is irrelevant, bnut, the number of damaging bullets in crucial. If Wilson's 12 rounds had all hit Brown, I would agree that such use of force is excessive. With only 4 shots hitting Brown, I do not find it strange that Wilson fired so many rounds. Wilson knew that pulling the trigger would bring him safety. Wilson didn't stop until he was safe. If safety had come after one bullet entry, he would have stopped then. It took 4 impacts and 12 rounds for Brown to reach safety. All in all, the use of 12 rounds is largely irrelevant seeing as only a third of the rounds did anything.