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Lawmen cleared in incident: Officers fired 104 shots after man pointed gun
Bakersfield Californian ^
| Lawmen cleared in incident
| JASON KOTOWSKI
Posted on 09/10/2007 3:46:57 PM PDT by ElkGroveDan
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To: ElkGroveDan
"One of the bullets fired by lawmen actually entered Sarabia’s gun, jamming the bullet that was in the chamber, he said." Wow -- now THAT is life mimicking fiction!
I'd have to see that to believe it....
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posted on
09/10/2007 6:30:41 PM PDT
by
river rat
(Semper Fi - You may turn the other cheek, but I prefer to look into my enemy's vacant dead eyes.)
To: Old Sarge
104 shots........just the right number!
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posted on
09/10/2007 7:13:17 PM PDT
by
stephenjohnbanker
( Hunter/Thompson/Thompson/Hunter in 08! "Read my lips....No new RINO's" !!)
To: I am bigjohn
“Where did the other 70 rounds go?”
In escrow for the next scumbag :-)
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posted on
09/10/2007 7:14:16 PM PDT
by
stephenjohnbanker
( Hunter/Thompson/Thompson/Hunter in 08! "Read my lips....No new RINO's" !!)
To: ElkGroveDan
Asked if 104 shots were excessive, Youngblood said there’s no magic number for what would be appropriate. The officers shot until the threat was over, he said. Leave it to reporters to ask excessively dumb questions. If they waste him with one bullet or five hundred bullets, he's just as dead.
To: ElkGroveDan
It’s not the number of shoots that matter, it’s the number of hits...
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posted on
09/10/2007 9:05:44 PM PDT
by
Kozak
To: MissEdie
Not trying to trivialize this situation but they shot at him 104 times, but only hit him 34. No ... that's how many bullets they removed from the guy's body. The story doesn't say how many went through and through. I'd guess he suffered probably 50 total hits....
On a related note, I'm glad we had hamburgers last night, and not tonight...
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posted on
09/10/2007 9:11:11 PM PDT
by
r9etb
To: DaveLoneRanger
But that sounds like a pretty poor performance. Eleven trained officers with four minutes to prepare shot 104 rounds and hit a stationary prone target 34 times.
I wasn't there, but that sounds flaming incompetence.
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posted on
09/10/2007 9:38:06 PM PDT
by
Carry_Okie
(There are people in power who are truly evil.)
To: ElkGroveDan
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posted on
09/12/2007 8:55:53 AM PDT
by
sheana
To: DoughtyOne
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posted on
09/12/2007 8:56:46 AM PDT
by
sheana
To: DaveLoneRanger
For cryin’ out loud! How many officers were on the scene? I’m not questioning the use of force. Do what it takes to survive. But that sounds like a pretty poor performance. Was the threat eliminated? Yes.
Were any officers injured? No.
Will this discourage other from pointing guns at LEOs? Yes.
Sounds like good performance to me.
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posted on
09/12/2007 9:01:28 AM PDT
by
null and void
(<---- Awake and filled with a terrible resolve...)
To: ElkGroveDan
34 out of 104 hits is a lot better than they did in Los Angeles.
To: ElkGroveDan
Point a gun at a Cop and you'll die.
I didn't know that was all that hard to understand.
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posted on
09/12/2007 9:07:03 AM PDT
by
reagan_fanatic
(Ron Paul put the cuckoo in my Cocoa Puffs)
To: sheana
Thank you Sheana. For a few minutes there I had my topics crossed. I was just on a thread about another officer involved incident, that didn’t involve a shooting.
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posted on
09/12/2007 9:40:15 AM PDT
by
DoughtyOne
((Victory will never be achieved while defining Conservatism downward, and forsaking its heritage.))
To: DoughtyOne
The area in town this happened in is our 5 sq miles that looks just like Mexico. This was in the heart of that area.
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posted on
09/12/2007 9:49:07 AM PDT
by
sheana
To: sheana
Don’t get me started...
Sorry Sheana. It’s a terrible thing watching part of your town turn into one major ceaspool. Those who bray about diversity should have to live in the middle of these areas.
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posted on
09/12/2007 9:52:48 AM PDT
by
DoughtyOne
((Victory will never be achieved while defining Conservatism downward, and forsaking its heritage.))
To: #1CTYankee
Only 104? they should have reloaded.Bingo! We have a winner!
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posted on
09/12/2007 4:13:34 PM PDT
by
mort56
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