Sad thing is...why not shoot the legs? We live in a world where he would have been able to sue the police officer and won!
Only...ONLY..if you have no idea can you even say that.
The legs can be missed. You have never shot at a swinging 2x4 lumber target? And legs are a lot more jiggy than that. The funny thing about that is, if you hit the leg, you are sure to hit the femoral artery, acording to Murphy's Law. No recovery from that in most cases.
You don't understand what kind of tool, a weapon is for a cop. Life extension. Especially his own. Center of Mass Aim, is your only chance to do that.
If it is not down to life extension, you are talking about mayhem with a firearm.
If it
is down to LE, why shoot to wound? That is not what the perp will be doing.
OTH, yesterday, a perp was confronted in a Big Store, for shoplifting, in a Mall, nearby.
He drew and fired through one guy, right below his left collar bone, a point blank, aimed shot. The other security guard got clopped across the face and the guy took off.
That is a lesson for young Zimmerman.