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Regarding pulling a gun on a cop.....

The article says they were playing the roll of 'rowdy teenagers'. From that you would have everyone leap to the conclusion that he knew they were cops?

Tell you a story....just a couple of years back, I believe it was in the state of Louisiana, and it was certainly after so many of these 'wrong address' bust in and shoot and kill events occured....a couple's home was busted into by dark clothed men....eventually, it was determined it was LEO--and they had the wrong address.

Just a couple of weeks later, the same thing occurred...the couple wasn't too worried, though, cause it had just happened and it was 'the good guys'. Well....as luck would have it, it wasn't the 'good guys' this time....they murdered the man and all enjoyed a romp with the wifey before being the living hell out of her.

First off...for the record, I don't know Mr. Cooper from Adam. And I'm reserving judgement on what happened until more facts are known...objective facts.

But from your recent posts, I have a couple questions. Not trolling or anything, just really want to know....

The article says they were playing the roll of 'rowdy teenagers'. From that you would have everyone leap to the conclusion that he knew they were cops?

Would seem that they created a scenario where they wanted him to pull a gun. Hmmm . . .

Of the versions of the story I read, was that once Mr. Cooper was in their area addressing this fuss, the sheriff's identified themselves as sheriffs, at which time (depending on which account you read or believe) Mr. Cooper either drew a weapon and fired, or ran away, was fired upon, and then returned fire. Either way, the law enforcement identified themselves prior to rounds being fired. Undercover work has long been an accepted law enforcement practice. Did I miss something from the news reports?

As I mentioned in another thread on this, I do think it seems a little fishy that the sheriffs were acting like "unruley teens" at midnight. On the other hand, this is supposedly someone who they had tried to serve the arrest warrant to on 3 other occasions, and he evaded or refused to surrender. That's just asking for undercover work, and trying to take the suspect unaware. What approach should have been taken to apprehend an unwilling suspect?

It seems you know little about William Cooper. You may not have agreed with him, and to some Sheeple he seemed down right radical, but he was definitely one to talk the talk and walk the walk. Some of his thoughts were a little far out, but as often as not he was right on the money.

Well, using your initial phrase, if you are out to "talk the talk and walk the walk", that implies a willingness to back it up and take the associated risks. If he was "backing this up", and came out on the short end of it, I'm not entirely sure why I should feel sorry for him. I mean, I don't want to see him killed, or sheriffs. But as I see it, right now, there are two people dead. One was law enforcement, acting on an authorized arrest warrant. The other was someone resisting this arrest.

Like I said, I never heard of Mr. Cooper before today. Therefore, I have no preconceived notions for or against him. Working solely off what has been posted here at FR, these seem to be legitimate questions.