Posted on 04/29/2024 6:34:08 PM PDT by Morgana
Video footage showed the dramatic moment a SWAT team rammed its way into a North Carolina house after three officers on a U.S. Marshals Task Force serving a warrant were killed.
The officers were serving a felon wanted for possessing a firearm Monday at the home, police said.
The officers were first shot at by the wanted suspect as they approached the suburban home in Charlotte. Three officers were killed and five more were hurt. The cops were able to shoot dead the felon in the front yard, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Chief Johnny Jennings said.
A second person then fired on officers from inside the home where a high-powered rifle was found, Jennings said.
A woman and a 17-year-old boy were found in the home after a three-hour standoff that included armored vehicles crashing into the suburban home in a tree-lined neighborhood and tearing off doorways and windows.
The two are being questioned, Jennings said.
'Today is an absolute tragic day for the city of Charlotte and for the profession of law enforcement,' Jennings said, according to WRAL. 'Today we lost some heroes that are out to just simply try to keep our community safe.'
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Thanks.
Okay, I’ll accept her post.
Update...
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/04/breaking-several-charlotte-officers-wounded-one-us-marshal/
A fourth member of LE has died.
Sad commentary on the state of human affairs today.
Totally brought on by policies enacted over the past few decades.
There is no more to the story than the perp being a War on Cops POS.
How is she doing? Have to check the house for bullet holes?
Picking up a known felon in the manner you suggest is not a smart move for several reasons. Sorry to be blunt, but you don’t know how to do this better than the Marshals.
Yet the marshals do it all the time.
It doesn’t shove them ramming the house.
Too close to home. Hope it makes the neighborhood safer.
What are you talking about factor? You responded to someone who brought up David Koresh and that government sponsored dumpster fire.
If they would have picked up Koresh outside his compound, it's very likely a whole lot of innocent children and others would still be alive to this day.
Interesting
You’re incorrect. The poster’s first sentence was about Koresh. The following sentences were about today’s incident. The poster believes the Marshals should have picked up the suspect in today’s raid outside of his house. That would not have been a good idea.
Let's suppose we accept your premise. Now, give us the details as to why that is not a good idea. Thanks in advance.
True. I suspect most officers killed in the line of duty were killed in so-called routine calls.
they frequently pick people up in public, on the job etc... if they can discern that they are most likely unarmed.
Perhaps they surveilled him for a period of time and concluded that he was always armed.
Man , I was thinking the same thing!
This is what the poster stated above. They had a "Feeling", there were speculating.
And they're likely correct. IF they did have the suspect under surveillance and could have bagged him by surprise in some parking lot after exiting his vehicle, it would likely have resulted in NO deaths.
As it is, there are dead cops all over the places because the suspect obviously have access to adequate firepower, ammo, cover etc etc...
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