Nine cops shooting. That's a little more than seven rounds per cop. Seven rounds is less than a one second burst of fire. It sounds like a judicious use of force rather than angry trigger happy cops emptying their magazines.
Nine cops shooting. That's a little more than seven rounds per cop. Seven rounds is less than a one second burst of fire. It sounds like a judicious use of force rather than angry trigger happy cops emptying their magazines.
I am amazed at the comments on this thread. If people complain about this police shooting, then we might as well take the guns away from the cops...
Police take all murders (OK, most) of innocent civilians seriously, and for the most part, do everything they can to solve the crime. I can't believe some FReepers would complain about 'extra' cops volunteering to work to catch a cop killer. When a child goes missing, or you have a family member missing, wouldn't you do everything you can to help find them? Well, cops are 'brothers' they are "family". It's not that they take it more seriously, they just take it personally. I have been there, I do know what I'm talking about.
Cops are not trained to shoot to injure, like what they portray on TV. You can only fire your weapon if it is a shoot to kill situation.
As for shooting accuracy? Cops are trained to shoot for the largest mass, so the chances of hitting the target are increased.I can't speak for all departments, but we were trained to shoot until we were out of bullets! Yes, it's very easy to hit a target (for some) when you are at a shooting range, it's a completely different story to be running, or scared and worried about yourself or one of your partners getting shot.
It is so easy to sit here, after the fact, and criticize everything the cops did or didn't do. Most cops do not want to kill the perp, but some times it is necessary. This case was justified and it was not excessive. When you shoot, you are going to empty your gun. As others have stated on this thread, once someone kills a cop, there is nothing they won't do. It doesn't mean the cops life is more valuable than any one else's, it just means the perp knows he's going to jail for life or he's a dead man.
Justice was served in this case.