Posted on 08/15/2023 3:53:12 PM PDT by T.B. Yoits
Middletown, Connecticut — On Saturday, August 12, 2023 at approximately 6:33 a.m., the Middletown Police Department received a complaint of excessive noise and breaking glass at 195 Liberty Street, Middletown. Detective Karli Travis was working a routine shift in patrol uniform and responded to the call in a marked police cruiser. Detective Travis parked her police cruiser at the intersection of Liberty Street and Park Place and approached the subject premises on foot. Near 195 Liberty Street, Detective Travis was confronted by 52-year-old Winston Tate. Tate was in possession of a hammer.
Tate charged at Detective Travis and knocked her to the ground, hitting her multiple times with the hammer. During this struggle, Detective Travis discharged her firearm multiple times, striking Tate. Tate, wounded, retreated into 195 Liberty Street. Additional Middletown officers arrived and surrounded the premises at 195 Liberty Street. Tate was taken into custody as he exited the basement hatchway. He was treated by medics and transported to Hartford Hospital by ambulance. Tate was released from the hospital late on August 14, 2023. Detective Travis was also injured during the incident. She was taken to Middlesex Hospital and has been treated and released. The judge set Tate’s bond at $850,000. He is due back in court on October 3, 2023.
I am not a Hunter, but I assume the reason for the bigger calibers is for “trail use.”
“ Tell me again how the 9mm and “ballistics technology” are better than a caliber beginning with a four.”
Tell me again about how in physical combat with lethal weapons XX is as good as XY.
A few years ago I was lucky enough to get some range training with a police instructor. The only calibers I own start with 3 (this includes the 9mm).
A bunch of other guys were there, let’s say “dressed to impress” with all kinds of tacticool stuff and some very pretty things that start with 4.
Once we moved on to movement and stress drills, those things that started with 4 were spraying lead all over the place.
My little eurofag peashooter (Italian, no less) shot their asses off.
I used the 350 pound predator example to make the point that people who do handgun hunting or just carry a trail gun that has to deal with a 350 lb black bear or mountain lion carry more than a 9mm.
So my thinking is, if I am a police officer having to incapacitate a 350 pound “scholar” hopped up on dope, I want more than 9mm.
Clint Smith clearing malfunctions.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=BfyULpEhmug&feature=share
The “carpenter” is nuts. He tried to strip during his arraignment.
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