Posted on 03/01/2018 4:41:49 PM PST by LibWhacker
The dramatic police shootout in San Francisco was caught on camera.
Authorities in San Francisco released body camera videos on Tuesday of a dramatic shootout in which police officers fired their weapons at least 65 times in 15 seconds at a murder suspect.
The San Francisco Police Department said the shooting happened on Feb. 17 in the city's Mission Bay neighborhood when officers confronted 31-year-old homicide suspect Joel Armstrong inside an RV at a homeless encampment.
Armstrong allegedly shot two men the day before during a carjacking in the city's Panhandle neighborhood, killing one of them.
Body camera footage released by police shows how officers tracked Armstrong to the neighborhood, then the moment when he shot at officers, who then returned fire.
"Nobody was struck by gunfire during this incident. The evidence in the case so far indicates Armstrong fired two rounds from a weapon, and that seven officers fired 65 rounds from their department-issued weapons," SFPD Commander Greg McEachern told KTVU.
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I’ve heard of “spray and pray” but 65 rds w/o a hit is stretching it.
I don’t think any amount of range time will help these clods.
Idiot police, they should ALL be fired.
Who taught these these clowns to start firing without a target?
3...2...1...’I was in fear for my life’.
Apparently the police need AR-15s with 30 rd mags when somebody shoots at them.
The video doesn’t really show why though.
Used to do A Lot of target shooting and the police were the worst.
I even outshot the county swat guys at the range, they were no better than mediocre.
Did shoot with a couple of ‘Feds’ that were really, really good. They were with the ‘commerce department’.
Police should have to go back to revolvers. After all, what they propose for the average citizen is good for them, too.
I caught that on Fox News. They didn’t comment on the number of shots and no hits but I thought, “65 shots and they didn’t HIT THE GUY?” Did they even hit the RV?
Ever since the Empire from star wars started training police departments in marksmanship....
Those 65 shots did not remained in the RV.
I will just settle for your clip instead of watching SFPD prove their unworthiness.
I dont need to know that yet another police force is inept in its duties all while our elected officials persist in lecturing me about the kind of self defense I prefer.
But civilians only need 5 round magazines because that is enough firepower.
Yeah and after watching the video, their random firing is a real concern...
I would take all their guns away, then give them due process...
I shoot against cops and they are largely...uhm well...they suck
I didn’t shoot for 3 years due to shoulder surgeries.
Went cowboy shooting and 10/10...
LEO really are not very good and that goes back 40 years ago when I use to shoot with the Sheriff Department as an Explorer...
“In the video half the cops fell to the ground and fired aimlessly. Hit nothing.”
SF cops. Someone started a rumor that the perp was a Trump voter and they fell all over themselves fighting for the killshot. LOL.
Maybe affirmative action and diversity is more important to that dept than skill and training?
Sounds like every episode of The A-Team
65 shots in 15 seconds. Is that one of those new “fully semi-automatics”?
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