Well, they should've reported firing their weapons, but come on... if a Californian gets dropped in the Louisiana bayou and a gator comes at him, what else is he gonna do? Run?
Personally, I'd make it a law that people are required to shoot alligators, but I just hate 'em. On the other hand, if a cop, who'd lock me up in a heartbeat for an infraction, were just shootin' them for fun? Did they even claim self-defense? Because I've heard that runnin' from a gator isn't much of a defense.
Run?
An alligator can run faster than a man for about 100 feet. But one can never outrun PC and California BS.
"if a Californian gets dropped in the Louisiana bayou and a gator comes at him, what else is he gonna do? Run?"
I've seen a lot of gators in my day and I've never known one to "come at me". Every one I've ever seen has ignored me or hit the water and swam away. I was born and raised in LA and have never known anyone who had to shoot an alligator.
My guess is they shot them for fun.
Beat him down with their flashlights?