Well, I wasn't talking about scenarios in which lethal force was totally justified in order to stop an actual immediate threat.
I was speaking more to these instances that do result in outrage (whether or not the victim was white) in which video or other proof suggests that the lethal force was completely unnecessary and that the cop was just a little too quick to shoot their already drawn gun.
The scenario in my mind was that a cop drew their lethal option out way too early - and basically had no other option to take someone down than with the gun.
Of course, I realize in the moment it's hard to judge a real threat for these cops... But some of these videos that get released show cops basically busting into someone house and killing them instantly because they opened a door or some shit.
As far as your numbered list, though...
1 Aiming for an extermity makes hitting the target exponentially more difficult.
True, again I was speaking more towards the scenarios in which a cop draws their gun and then shoots someone when they start moving - at all. Even when there's a second officer who could basically have a lethal shot lined up in the instance that the first cop does miss.
2 Its still poses a fatal risk to the person shot.
True, but less of a chance of death in these wrongful use of force scenarios is still better than going for the kill. Again, I realize it's probably never easy to judge 'in the moment'.
3 Inconsistent results
And again, I was speaking more to the instances where lethal force was all too quickly used. I mean, some of these videos show little to no movement from the victim before the police open fire. And yet, their testimony will state that they saw them looking in a quiestionable direction or that they started to bend down or reach for something (even when the video shows that they didn't).
But you do make some good points, I don't agree with using firearms as a non-lethal option... don't get me wrong. Again, I was just speaking to certain scenarios that seem to be happen from time to time.