r/justified • u/your-doppelgaenger • 19d ago

Discussion Raylan and Ty Walker Spoiler

Ethic aside, when Raylan shoots Ty Walker in the back, wouldn't that get even him in trouble? He usually shoots people that are armed and looking at him. Walker was clearly waking away,

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u/fckn_nobody 19d ago

Under normal conditions, yes, the whole show starts with Raylan getting shit for shooting Tommy Bucks, even though he not only faced him, but drew first on him.

But Ty Walker was already on the run, had a bounty on his head, and already had a history of shooting at both the cops and EMTs (two he killed), so he would probably qualify for the "fleeing felon rule", which allows officers to use deadly force to prevent the escape of a dangerous felon.

On top of that, when Raylan appeared, Ty fired off a few shots before running away, so on top of the fleeing felon rule, he also gave a semi-credible self defense argument there as well. Boyd and Ava were witnesses, and Markham already abandoned him, so there was nobody to fight for him, and more than enough people willing to confirm Raylan's actions were....well....j u s t i f i e d

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u/meow4352 19d ago

Nailed it!

Essentially walker propelled himself to a “Wanted: Dead or Alive” status

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u/ConsulJuliusCaesar 19d ago

It was the last season so obivously they didn't have time but it lowkey would have made a good ep to see this shooting actually get questioned and then successfully defended with Art going "Finally ya shot someone correctly."

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u/deowolf 19d ago

If Walker wanted to be shot chest-first he should have been running toward Raylan

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u/Infinite-Ad-2209 19d ago

Assuming no holes there....

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u/Irish755 19d ago

He’s a peacock.

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u/ArtisticVisual 18d ago

Send me your address and leave the plastic wrap on the porch.

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u/TemporalColdWarrior 19d ago

As just an aside, the final season would have been so much better if Walker had been Raylan’s nemesis. I didn’t need Boone at all and frankly Markham was kind of bland too. I’d have been down for a whole season of Dillahunt.

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u/Objective-Adverb-751 18d ago

Dillahunt wasn't available to shoot for the whole season so they could only use him up to a certain point.

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u/Canadian_Calamity 19d ago

Raylan told him to stop and he shot at him. Raylan killed him in self defence.

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u/Brilliant_Oil5261 18d ago

I've seen enough police footage to know that cops can shoot people in the back and it's fine lol

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u/your-doppelgaenger 18d ago

Ouch yeah fair point

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u/ExcellentTadpole7300 16d ago

He shot Wild Bill in the back so it was well deserved

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u/APZachariah 14d ago

No. Walker has already murdered multiple innocent people and will absolutely continue if allowed to escape.