On Aug 28, 10:46 am, Bill Vanek <
bilva...@invalid.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 28 Aug 2012 08:05:10 -0700, "mo_ntresor"
>
At first I was shocked at the number of innocent civilians that where
hit, but I think there were only 3 bystanders that were hit directly
by the bullets they fired. The rest were hit by fragments from the
stone flowerpots or ricocheting bullets. I know this still indicates
very poor accuracy on the part of the officers (considering they only
fired 16 shots) but that is certainly not as bad as what was implied
by the original headlines.
And I don't have all of the details, but it is my understanding that
these guys were not dispatched to apprehend this guy and weren't told
that he was armed and dangerous through their normal channels. It's
my understanding that the construction worker followed the shooter,
and when the construction worker spotted the officers on duty, he told
them what had just happened. I'm not making excuses for poor
accuracy, but imagine if you are a police officer and some guy comes
up to you and says "hey, that guy in the suit just shot and killed
someone". They would have no idea if the construction worker is
telling the truth or not, and I don't know if the normal procedure
would be to immediately draw their weapons as they approached a guy in
a suit that is just casually walking down a street.
I'm not saying that these guys were not trained for this type of
scenario, just that I don't think it is easy to really duplicate this
scenario and how you will respond to it, in a training environment.
Omaha8