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In Escambia County, Florida, unarmed 60-year-old men can be shot 15 times because they “did not comply” with police. The sheriff’s department that runs rampage in Escambia County Florida says that this is all according to “standard protocols.” If this was all by the book, what’s that tell you about the book? ‘On Thursday, Morgan defended the officers’ actions as standard procedure because Middleton “did not comply.” Asked by CNN’s Chris Cuomo how police could justify 15 shots at a 60-year-old man, Morgan said the officers saw a metallic object in Middleton’s hand as he made a “lunging movement” toward them. Middleton explained this in his account: He turned around because he thought the entire thing was a practical joke played by a neighbor. ‘“Right now we are comfortable from a training perspective that our officers did follow standard protocols,” Morgan said. . . .’