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2018-02-27 -Lurid Crime Tales-

Texas police SHOOT a hero who had just disarmed gunman holding 100 people hostage in a church

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Posted by Skidmark 2018-02-27 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 Hero

Posted by newc 2018-02-27 00:30|| 2018-02-27 00:30|| Front Page Top

#2 The "quality" of policing in the country seems to be going down rapidly.

Hair trigger thinking by people trained to protect themselves from threats real and imagined first and foremost doesn't seem to be working too well.

Posted by AlanC 2018-02-27 09:20|| 2018-02-27 09:20|| Front Page Top

#3 Sometimes it helps that the police are bad shots...

Posted by Glenmore 2018-02-27 09:21|| 2018-02-27 09:21|| Front Page Top

#4 Lucky he was shot by police. Only way they'd manage a lethal shot is by accident.

Posted by Iblis 2018-02-27 10:48|| 2018-02-27 10:48|| Front Page Top

#5 Over the years we've militarized the police, seems that might not be the best approach.

Anyway, good on Tony Garces who seems like he's now an outstanding citizen despite earlier troubles. Even his response after being shot seems pretty level-headed.

Posted by rjschwarz 2018-02-27 11:43|| 2018-02-27 11:43|| Front Page Top

#6 Bend your knees and place the gun on the ground, slowly?

Posted by G. Whotha5763 2018-02-27 11:46|| 2018-02-27 11:46|| Front Page Top

#7 If worried about the gun going off when you drop it, hold the gun with two fingers by the end of the barrel as you put it down. Keep the other hand in the air. Step away from the weapon once it is down.

Posted by rjschwarz 2018-02-27 12:14|| 2018-02-27 12:14|| Front Page Top

#8 Well at issue seems to be the focus of the police training is no protecting themselves and not protecting the citizenry.

Same with these SWAT teams which by and large seem completely useless as they seem to dither and procrastinate in the face of danger and seem more interested in protecting themselves against casualties than confronting an armed threat.

More often than not the end of a violent armed threat has been a policeman going rogue and confronting the treat with armed force rather than some heavily equipped swat team with a lot of fancy toys.

Columbine was a good example of that and I still wonder where the SWAT teams were when Parkland went down.

Posted by Sock Puppet of Doom 2018-02-27 13:10|| 2018-02-27 13:10|| Front Page Top

#9 Broward Sheriff's department seems to have weaponized liberalism and created a totally useless tax sucking sponge that hid crime while increasing it, left everyone unprotected when they were needed, and can't even properly shift the blame because they were so obvious about it all in front of neighboring law enforcement and EMTs.

Posted by rjschwarz 2018-02-27 13:52|| 2018-02-27 13:52|| Front Page Top

#10 Clearly, only the police should have guns.

Posted by charger 2018-02-27 19:44|| 2018-02-27 19:44|| Front Page Top

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