Posted on 06/24/2002 3:52:41 PM PDT by tarawa
Seattle, constantly recalibrating the definition of "normal"
No problem by me, as long as the recalibration includes citizens thinking it's normal that they should be armed and intervene to help in situations like this.
- The officer was shot with his own pistol.
- The race of the murderer was not directly disclosed in accordance with political correctness, even though race clearly was a factor in this criminals behavior, but the writers have no problem using the expression "white woman" ("...the man at times shouted incoherently about white oppression of African Americans. A white, blond-haired woman ran after him, calling him by name...").
- Armed citizens were on hand to aid the officer, but unfortunately couldn't intervene in time.
- Needless to say, gun prohibitionists will not so much as acknowledge these events ever took place, since Officer Herzog was shot with his own pistol, and the two armed citizens who came to the aid of the officer were not trigger-happy cowboys/cowgirls. And the pepper spray didn't work. And this guy threw off a crowd of people "like water on a duck's tail", meaning just about everything short of a gun wouldn't have stopped this guy.
- No mention of whether or not the murderer was caught or is still running around with a police pistol.
- The murderer is almost certainly schizophrenic. There have been several violent incidents involving the large number of schizophrenics in the Seattle area over the years. About four years ago, for example, one guy held police at bay with a samurai sword in downtown Seattle for eleven hours, resisting repeated pepper spray spritzes, rubber bullets (the ones that missed left permanent dents in the wall behind him) and fire hose blasts. They finally charged him with a ladder and used it to hold him down while they tie-wrapped him from head to toe.
All in all, a sad story. My prayers go out to Officer Herzog's family, friends and fellow officers. And a crisp salute to my fellow citizens who made the brave decision to get involved when the chips were down.
Imal
The rest of them ran like hell...
If they were unarmed...after the opportunity to jump the guy had passed, what were they to do?
You use the front of the car with the engine between you and the perp...if you can. An engine block will stop most any commonly carried handgun round.
Only dangerous to a liberal "emperor".
Desperate times call for desperate measures. I'd like to think that I'd do the same thing.
I love it when I go into types-with-a-fist mode.
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