Jesus....if you’re a cop in miami and you don’t wear a vest...sorry....but you’re stupid.
Wow, there are literally hundreds of police cars at the scene. Is this a normal in a police shooting situation? This is one massive response.
Really, and these were some kind of burglary response team. Should be “tactical” types and not rookie traffic cops.
Their soft body armor may not have been sufficient protection against the bad guy if he was using a rifle.
I suspect the bad guy had body armor. He was probably jacked up on crack or meth and came out of the car smokin’. The police probably hit him with a couple of pistol rounds but he shrugged them off and returned superior firepower with his rifle.
Very tragic, in a post 9/11 world the authorities need to have better training and tactics.
OMG! One officer is dead!!
The vest that patrol officer wear only stop handgun rounds. You need heavy (read 60+ lbs) of ceramic armor to stop a rifle round.
And the vest only works in two instances. If you’re wearing it and if the vest gets between your body and the bullet. Shot in the head, armpit, leg, groin, lower abdomen, neck, etc., = no protection.