Dallas police chief: You’re damned right I’d order the Code Red again

Hot Air.com ^ | July 11, 2016 | ED MORRISEY

[Chickensoup]

Why bother to negotiate?

[DesertRhino]

The other containment was not successful, and it wasn’t “containment”.
He said he had placed bombs all over downtown. There was no time for a childish standoff where at any point he could start dialing cell numbers and setting off detonations.
Monday morning quarterback you forget that you have no right to gamble with the lives of all the people on the streets. Especially just to try to take this idiot alive.

[EternalVigilance]

“We’re hiring,”

Now that's gonna leave a mark.

[freeandfreezing]

To me, what they used was a remotely implemented munition, ethically similar to a bullet.

Tactically it was a good idea. Strategically it may not have been such a good idea. Up until the Dallas police decided to add explosives to the mix the violence was pretty much limited to gunfire, rock throwing, some fires, and destruction of property.

Hopefully the violence won't expand to both sides using explosives. We certainly don't need anti-police and anti-government forces in this country deciding to add bombings to their tactics. That has happened before, and we have all seen the tragic results.

Historically insurgents, whether large scale or small groups that feel they are oppressed for some reason tend to respond in kind to what they think the other side is doing - whether or not their perception is true.

The last thing we need are unhinged radicals deciding to use even more dangerous weapons.

[Blood of Tyrants]

Would they feel better if a police sniper had blown his head off with a bullet to the temple?

[SE Mom]

Yes, yes, YES!!!

[AppyPappy]

Awesome

[Raymann]

Wow, haven’t heard about that movie in years. I remember it being pretty funny.

[MuttTheHoople]

[HiTech RedNeck]

You beg the question by calling it childish.

[r_barton]

The Chief’s own 30 year old son was a cop killer in 2010. The son killed a cop on father’s day 2010 and other cops were force to kill him.

[HiTech RedNeck]

I imagine that led to some lasting bitterness.

[Roman_War_Criminal]

And your observation is exactly why we’re at this point in the country.
Whites can’t do anything right anymore in anybody’s eyes.

[HiTech RedNeck]

They should stop worrying about that and look for God to pick up their burdens and pardon their sins and guide them with undeserved love to do what He will show the world is right in His eyes.

[PLMerite]

Is that an old wringer washing machine? There’s got to be a lot of extraneous weight there!

[mikey_hates_everything]

[milagro]

Like suicide vests?

[Kaslin]

Correct.

[Elsie]

You NEEED me on that wall!

[Elsie]

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Robot Bomb