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Dallas police used bomb robot to kill shooting suspect
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Posted on 07/08/2016 11:18:48 AM PDT by Sub-Driver

Dallas police used bomb robot to kill shooting suspect

By James Rogers Published July 08, 2016 FoxNews.com

Dallas police used an explosive device attached to a robot to kill a suspect in the coordinated sniper attack that killed five officers Thursday, in what experts say is a first for law enforcement.

In a press conference Police Chief David Brown explained that the robot was deployed on the second floor of El Centro College in downtown Dallas following a standoff early Friday.

“We cornered one suspect and we tried to negotiate for several hours - negotiations broke down, we had an exchange of gunfire with the suspect,” he said. “We saw no other option but to use our bomb robot and place a device on its extension for it to detonate where the suspect was,” he said.

Brown explained that “other options” would have exposed the police officers to great danger.

The police chief confirmed that the suspect was killed by the bomb’s detonation, noting that reports the suspect killed himself were inaccurate.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bombrobot; dallascopsmurdered; micahjohnson; texas
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To: kiryandil

Well, I guess I am clueless in that area.

Can you fill me in? As I often say: ‘ignorance is not a sin; staying that way is’.

I now get the feeling I’m going to regret today’s exchange, but I’m ready when you are.


121 posted on 07/08/2016 6:33:19 PM PDT by Paulie (America without Christ is like a Chemistry book without the periodic table.)
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To: i_robot73

One question ... Were you there?


122 posted on 07/08/2016 6:36:04 PM PDT by al_c (Obama's standing in the world has fallen so much that Kenya now claims he was born in America.)
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To: okie01
Have you ever heard of due process?

Do you support cops executing suspects they are certain/pretty sure/think/have a hunch are guilty of a crime?

Weapon used to execute perp/suspect makes no difference, it is the act, not the device, that is heinous.

123 posted on 07/08/2016 6:36:14 PM PDT by diogenes ghost
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To: Paulie

Do you know what a “stuned beeber” is?


124 posted on 07/08/2016 6:39:11 PM PDT by kiryandil (To the GOPee: "Giving the Democrats the Supreme Court means you ARE the Democrats.")
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To: kiryandil

No. Never heard of it.


125 posted on 07/08/2016 6:41:39 PM PDT by Paulie (America without Christ is like a Chemistry book without the periodic table.)
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To: Paulie
LOL!

I'm not sure if I should have loads of fun with you, or just explain it. :)

126 posted on 07/08/2016 6:43:05 PM PDT by kiryandil (To the GOPee: "Giving the Democrats the Supreme Court means you ARE the Democrats.")
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To: kiryandil

Do I get to pick?


127 posted on 07/08/2016 6:45:04 PM PDT by Paulie (America without Christ is like a Chemistry book without the periodic table.)
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To: Paulie
Do you think Laz would let you pick?

You DO know who "Laz" is, don't you?

128 posted on 07/08/2016 6:46:04 PM PDT by kiryandil (To the GOPee: "Giving the Democrats the Supreme Court means you ARE the Democrats.")
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To: kiryandil

Yes, I know of Laz. He probably would not allow me to pick, I would guess.


129 posted on 07/08/2016 6:49:54 PM PDT by Paulie (America without Christ is like a Chemistry book without the periodic table.)
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To: 4everontheRight

That’s coming! We have the most popular sports radio station in the country here. The liberal hosts were saying they were being tested by people who knew the shooter telling them he had PTSD. Idiots immediately adopted it as fact - as if it even matters.


130 posted on 07/08/2016 6:53:31 PM PDT by Treeless Branch
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To: diogenes ghost
Have you ever heard of due process? Do you support cops executing suspects they are certain/pretty sure/think/have a hunch are guilty of a crime?

I've no problem with the cops using lethal force in the event of a probable perp resisting arrest while using a lethal weapon himself.

If one wants due process, one must first surrender.

131 posted on 07/08/2016 6:57:31 PM PDT by okie01
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To: All

Damned if you do, damned if you don’t. The perp had stated he had bombs in place. Negotiations had ended. Should the police have waited until he started blowing people up with cell phone triggered bombs?

Good riddance to rubbish.


132 posted on 07/08/2016 7:01:04 PM PDT by sleddogs
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To: Paulie
Yes, I know of Laz. He probably would not allow me to pick, I would guess.

al baby is a FR entity similar to Laz.

I liken him to the sardonic ee cummings of Free Republic. He doesn't need me to defend him - quite the contrary. I was just doing a riff on Christopher Walken in the movie Joe Dirt, in honor of al baby's numerous accomplishments on FR.

In the following links, note the prominence of "stuned", "beeber" & "stuned beeber", and that mostly everyone knows exactly what is referred to.

The first link is the original thread. :)

Would like freeper help
Posted on 6/30/2004, 12:02:48 AM by al baby
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1162751/posts

Freeper Lingo Thread (the history and meening of 'Freepisms' including pictures)
Posted on 8/24/2006, 12:32:06 PM by batter
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1689306/posts

The 2007 FreeRepublic Lexicon (Lingo, Dictionary, Lore Handbook)(Draft)
Posted on 7/31/2007, 1:29:07 PM by batter
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1874310/posts

The 2008 FreeRepublic Lexicon (Lingo, Dictionary, Lore Handbook)
Posted on 9/8/2008, 1:37:49 PM by batter
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2077468/posts

The 2009 FreeRepublic Lexicon (Lingo, Dictionary, Lore Handbook) - UPDATE TIME!
Posted on 9/16/2009, 11:31:39 AM by batter
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2341085/posts

FREEPER LEXICON
Posted on 11/16/2014, 6:44:22 AM by SWAMPSNIPER
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3227536/posts

133 posted on 07/08/2016 7:06:45 PM PDT by kiryandil (To the GOPee: "Giving the Democrats the Supreme Court means you ARE the Democrats.")
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To: sleddogs
Should the police have waited until he started blowing people up with cell phone triggered bombs?

I trust that the police would have deployed a cell phone disruptor after the first half hour of the cornering.

134 posted on 07/08/2016 7:08:39 PM PDT by kiryandil (To the GOPee: "Giving the Democrats the Supreme Court means you ARE the Democrats.")
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To: diogenes ghost
Weapon used to execute perp/suspect makes no difference, it is the act, not the device, that is heinous.

If someone's shooting at you, trying to kill you, you can do whatever it takes to stop them. That's the reality.

135 posted on 07/08/2016 7:11:14 PM PDT by Cementjungle
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To: Cementjungle; diogenes ghost
The Gospel According to Mal Reynolds:


136 posted on 07/08/2016 7:17:23 PM PDT by kiryandil (To the GOPee: "Giving the Democrats the Supreme Court means you ARE the Democrats.")
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To: Paulie
I forgot how funny al baby's original thread was. They've been posting to it on and off for 12 years now.

Whatever you do, DON'T look at post 297 on that thread...

137 posted on 07/08/2016 7:23:09 PM PDT by kiryandil (To the GOPee: "Giving the Democrats the Supreme Court means you ARE the Democrats.")
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To: kiryandil

Because they are illegal to everybody other than the Fed’s?

http://www.dpl-surveillance-equipment.com/articles/article_26.html

Furthermore, to state that cell phone jammers advertised are “[f]or [e]xport [o]nly. USA customers must be authorized Law Enforcement and/or Gov. [sic] Agency approved.” Section 302(c) of the Act and Section 2.807(d) of the Rules exempt radio frequency devices intended for use by the federal government from the general prohibition on marketing of unauthorized equipment. However, there is no similar exemption allowing the marketing or sale of unauthorized radio frequency devices to state and local law enforcement agencies.


138 posted on 07/08/2016 7:23:30 PM PDT by sleddogs
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To: Paulie
I told you not to look at it!
139 posted on 07/08/2016 7:24:32 PM PDT by kiryandil (To the GOPee: "Giving the Democrats the Supreme Court means you ARE the Democrats.")
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To: sleddogs
Because they are illegal to everybody other than the Fed’s?

What's this "illegal" you speak of? LOLOLOLOLOLOL!!!

Did you oversleep on July 5?

140 posted on 07/08/2016 7:26:01 PM PDT by kiryandil (To the GOPee: "Giving the Democrats the Supreme Court means you ARE the Democrats.")
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