The most famous example were the two bank robbers in LA a few years back. Armed to the teeth with automatic weapons and full body armor; local cops arriving on scene had their service weapons and shotguns. Some of the officers ran to a nearby gun store to “borrow” AR-15s and ammo. The robbers kept dozens of police at bay for an extended period; if I’m not mistakken, the police finally killed one of them and the other suspect killed himself.
Right, they got one and the other ran dry or was corner and offed himself. I must say that those guys came fairly prepared. I was thinking of the KA riots where the police barracked the neighborhood and let things ‘take their course’. The Koreans took all sorts of heat in the media for defending their stores.