Re: Policing American style
 

Oh c'mon FS you know which side of the fernce I'm on in the JCDM case so please dotn even go there.

In a situation like one one described above. Guy kills and runs holding the gun he killed with.
Not really much room for misunderstandings there, right?

The police in this county proved they are bent by the will of politicians into carrying out assasinations against their own will and better judgment.

Re: Policing American style
 

thought that was MI5 & 6 ???? ;)

Re: Policing American style
 

http://www.snopes.com/crime/cops/judd.asp

interesting that the second part of the quote has been left out in order to imply the quoted policeman meant "we'd have shot him more if we had more ammunition because that's how ****ed off we were" or "that's what we do" - when in actual fact he meant that as the suspect had already injured one officer, killed another and a canine, and raised his hand with a weapon to the SWAT team they weren't going to allow him to take a shot...

as much as i don't agree with the tactics of US law enforcement at times, and the potential they have for being a sledgehammer to crack a nut, in this case they had all night to get their heds together on the guy, they would have had an excellent description of the suspect, and video of him on the dashboard camera from the cruiser. nine SWAT members with automatic weapons firing 110 shots sounds like entirely reasonable force against someone who raises a weapon to them after killing an officer in cold blood...

Re: Policing American style
 

A guy who's already killed someone, pointing a gun at you, I'd do exactly the same thing, my lifes worth far more than anyone who tries to take it.

Never mind drawing parallels with the tube shooting. This guy was armed, and thus fair game.

Re: Policing American style
 

+1
Eye for an eye and all that.

Re: Policing American style
 

Not really, more self preservation.