We we do disagree.
I know a number of good, solid, loyal and patriotic Americans who serve in these positions. They are not bafoons, they are not incompetent, and and their training is not improper.
I have talked to a number of them about this. Some have posted on this thread...and while they mourn the loss of this good man, to a man (thus far) they agree that what happened here, as shown on the video was within any normal response to such a situation.
It’s easy to try and second guess these guys from afar. The left does it all the time. And if there was any hint of wrong oing I would be the first to point it out,.
In this case, these people were put into a bad situation by their superiors, and then Lavoy make critical decisions in how he responded to it that led to himbeing shot and killed.
That may not be popular with some here...but it is the truth.
I understand that what happened was within any normal response to such a situation.
I'm just opining that some of that training is bad tactics.
“within any normal response to such a situation”
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and isn’t that part of the problem?? Overly militarized LE and hair-trigger training??
OH yes their superiors put them in a no-win situation.
However. The response to the civilians dead and traumatized should be, the same as for a superior for a messed up operation:
No excuse, SIR!
I am NOT buying it. Look at the militarized response which how many dollars and how much manpower put into effect, for TWO TRUCKS and several cowboys / ranchers and some women. REALLY? You can justify THAT response to a effect the arrest of peaceable protesters? Not me, thank you very much, retired Army that I am. It was not LeVoy’s decisions that led to his death, but the obscenely over-reaction by military power. LOOK at the video and what they did to the truck with the women inside, which presented at that time NO THREAT and tell me that the overly militarize response and hair-trigger training of law enforcement was appropriate.