We have brave officers responding to a mass shooting spree within a minute.
They enter the dark room and head towards the sound of gunfire knowing the bad guy has the drop on them and also knowing their body armor will not stop a rifle round.
And what do almost half you tough guys say? How many did the Police shoot? Why didn’t they do more!
Talk about a lot of hot air and Monday morning quarterbacking.
You sound just like the idiot liberals, accuse and convict before the investigation is even over.
Among the information released: a partial transcript of the gunman’s phone calls while the standoff was still underway. Though authorities divulged few details about what Mateen said, a timeline released shows when and how Orlando police officers responded to his words and actions.
Mina said his team shouldn’t be criticized over the length of the standoff.
“I think there’s a misconception that we didn’t do anything for three hours. I’m just trying to clarify that that’s absolutely not true,” Mina said.
According to the FBI timeline, Mateen opened fire at 2:02 a.m., and Officer Adam Gruler, who was moonlighting at the club, exchanged gunfire with him from the parking lot.
Gruler then retreated and called for backup.
For the next six minutes, Mateen worked his way through the club, according to witnesses, shooting people with a military-style rifle and a semi-automatic handgun, then doubling back and shooting at those who had not yet died.
Those backup officers arrived at 2:08 a.m. and went into the club and fired at Mateen, the FBI timeline shows.
‘Those killings are on the suspect’
It’s not clear when that gun battle ended, but Mina said there were no more shots fired by or at the gunman until about 5:15 a.m., about 10 minutes after the police department forced its way into the building with explosives and an armored vehicle.
Nobody is accusing the initially responding police of doing anything wrong in their initial response. The questions are about why they let the terrorist continue his assault, and why it seems that they didn't do more to rescue people outside of the bathroom.
BS, it makes a HUGE difference when cops go in and shoot anything that moves.
We are constantly told they are the only ones that should have guns. They have the latest and greatest weaponry (including night vision equipment, btw) but they aren’t as well trained as Barney Fife.
The Texas Biker shootout was primarily a shooting gallery for the cops, and started by one of their undercover guys. Was this the same deal? The shooter was known to the FBI and may have been working with them in some kind of sting, according to FBI releases.