Officers fire 600 rounds into car with hostage inside...

[Irving]

You'd think 500 rounds would be enough. How in the hell did someone survive that?

Some cops were aiming for the leg.

[ZERO THEORY]

IBTL?

Irritable Bowel Total Loss

[cstone]

If he was good enough for the Green Lantern, he's good enough for news. Why the hate for asian crime fighters in mask ?

Someone deleted their post expressing distrust for the news source. If they are interested, the Cato Institute provides an interesting news clipping database. I read it regularly and although many of the stories are disturbing and tragic, I think it would be a useful read for anyone in the law enforcement profession.

In general, I find even good new sources get the story half right within a week of the incident being reported and they normally only get up to 70% right if they follow the story for more than three months.

Joe Friday was interested in just the facts. Journalists have lots of facts, depending on what they believe and where they want the story to go. The facts that don't get reported are just as important.

[TheBelly]

Irritable Bowel Total Loss

Only yesterday, Bro.

[Aloha_Shooter]

Someone deleted their post expressing distrust for the news source.

Specifically, I stated I would like to get information from a less biased source since the website quoted in the OP appears to be devoted toward making police look bad. Shortly after posting that, I found stories from other sources that appear to be less biased which had somewhat similar information. The charge that 33 officers fired over 600 rounds into an SUV of fleeing bank robbers appears to be factual. WHY they fired so many rounds into the SUV wasn't clear to me although there was at least one source talking about the officers taking fire of over 100 rounds from the fleeing robbers. What IS clear to me is that some people will stop at nothing to take the most jaundiced view of police whenever they can.

I would still like more information before I take a knee jerk reaction about the incident. My past experience has been similar to cstone's although I'm not sure I'd give the reporters credit for getting up to 70% right.

[SideShow Bob]

If he was good enough for the Green Lantern, he's good enough for news. Why the hate for asian crime fighters in mask ?

Um, Masked Hero check, try the Green ​Hornet​.

[cstone]

They only get to 70% if they stay with the story for three months or more. The majority of news sources are tailored to the general public which has the attention span of a gnat.

Oh look, pictures of Kim Kardashian

[MrPrena]

Winner!


I will make it easy and do all except 4 and 6.

1. Flaw
2. "you don't know what it's like" in real situation!
3. IBTL!!!
4. (Can't do this, because I am not the mod)
5. All you forum mebers! "You guys all sucks!" "You don't have a proper training" "armchair commander!" (over the line)
6. (Can't do this, because I am not the mod)

Let me tell you how this thread is going to go.

Someone is going to point out the flaws in the officers handling.

A current, former or wanna be cop is going to say "you don't know what it's like" possibly labeling the other person a cop basher.

Someone is going to say IBTL.

A mod is going to say they're watching this thread closely and behave.

Someone will take it over the line.

Names will be called.

Thread will be locked and/or purged.

The end. You know cause we can't say anything negative about corrupt cops, only politicians, unions, teachers, janitors, "operators", etc etc.

On a serious note: if these are all facts in the article, 33 people should lose their job and possibly face charges.

[TFOGGER]

The had just watched the Speed marathon....


"Shoot the hostage"

[th3w01f]

Let me tell you how this thread is going to go.

Someone is going to point out the flaws in the officers handling.

A current, former or wanna be cop is going to say "you don't know what it's like" possibly labeling the other person a cop basher.

Someone is going to say IBTL.

A mod is going to say they're watching this thread closely and behave.

Someone will take it over the line.

Names will be called.

Thread will be locked and/or purged.

The end. You know cause we can't say anything negative about corrupt cops, only politicians, unions, teachers, janitors, "operators", etc etc.

On a serious note: if these are all facts in the article, 33 people should lose their job and possibly face charges.

I'm only 3 posts in but I'm going to have to agree with you.... even if you were banned somewhere later in this thread for pointing out the obvious.