[i_robot73]

First post, be gentle.

Wonder how long of a vacation before internal affairs 'exonerates' all involved; or at least gives them a stern slap on the wrist.

47 shots from the top of the car?? Multiple cars, whom were told to disengage, but did not...The militarization of the Revenue Enforcement Officers guild continues.

[i_robot73]

Found a second report on the same: http://www.newsnet5.com/dpp/news/local_news/cleveland_metro/dewine-deadly-chaseshooting-investigation-shows-systemic-failure-in-cleveland-police-department

[BCW]

Suspects below:

[Tupelo]

“I’ve never been more afraid in my life,” said Officer Michael Brelo, who fired 49 shots that night”

Are you $hitting me?

49 shots??????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
and he did not know who or what he was shooting at??????????????!!!!!!!!!!!
Man, that guy needs to find a different profession.

[agere_contra]

The Cleveland police should just randomly strafe rush-hour traffic with a helicopter gunship.

At least they’d use less ammo that way.

[cyn]

Here’s one for the Ayoob files.

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

CLEVELAND ROCKS!!!

[Dick Vomer]

Steroids will do that to some folks. I’ll bet if you looked at some of the LEOs they’ll have that distinct roid rage thing going on. Bunch of wannabe Rambos. Hahahahahaha.

[count-your-change]

Maybe the police thought there was a dog in the car and were shooting at it.

[Strategerist]

Couple lessons from this:

1) Another example of how terrible eyewitness reports are (and these are from police who are TRAINED to be witnesses). TV and movie crime and courtroom dramas have inculcated blind faith in the accuracy of witnesses that numerous academic studies and real-life examples that show that honest witnesses can be completely and utterly wrong.

2) In real life dramatic events are horrifically confusing and filled with mistaken reports. Yet people on FR try to turn even the SLIGHTEST early reporting mistake or contradictory report into a grand conspiracy, again because they are used to the nice, neat stories in one hour TV dramas or 2 hour movies.

[VeniVidiVici]

I can’t believe a 1979 Malibu is still on the road.

[Mr. Jeeves]

If the US Army did this exact same thing to two civilians in Afghanistan, what would the government-media complex’s reaction be?

[cyn]

Here’s one for the Ayoob files.

[Navy Patriot]

Gross incompetence.

[Starstruck]

It took 13 trained cops firing 130 rounds to take out 2 unarmed suspects and they are asking why I would need a 30 round magazine?

[Altariel]

It sounds to me that the title *should* be “Cleveland Police Chase and Shooting results in murders”.