The whole problem with Political Correctness is in its use. Here I see a problem concerning racial politics, a far cry from the issue of changing a few descriptions here and there to make things more gender neutral and racially inoffensive.
The only link I see here with political correctness is that it involves a specific group of people. Maybe if it were about the police "neutralizing a potential threat" then yeah, I can totally see it. Or how do they say it in the army... terminate with extreme prejudice?