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Main Forums => The Roundtable => Topic started by: Angel Eyes on October 04, 2022, 10:05:09 PM

Title: Nice shootin, Tex
Post by: Angel Eyes on October 04, 2022, 10:05:09 PM: https://www.denverpost.com/2022/08/16/denver-police-lodo-shooting-video/amp/

Tl;DR: Denver police shoot at an armed suspect. They get him ... and six bystanders.
Title: Re: Nice shootin, Tex
Post by: Perd Hapley on October 04, 2022, 10:24:41 PM: Confused. I thought police were such Jedis they could target specific parts of a person's body. Now you're telling me they sometimes miss the target completely?

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Title: Re: Nice shootin, Tex
Post by: Hawkmoon on October 04, 2022, 11:16:25 PM: Quote from: Angel Eyes on October 04, 2022, 10:05:09 PM
https://www.denverpost.com/2022/08/16/denver-police-lodo-shooting-video/amp/

Tl;DR: Denver police shoot at an armed suspect. They get him ... and six bystanders.

Correction: The Popo shot an UNarmed suspect. The suspect threw away his gun before they shot him.
Title: Re: Nice shootin, Tex
Post by: MechAg94 on October 05, 2022, 08:52:20 AM: If his intent was to put the gun on the ground, IMO, that is a stupid move these days. Cops see a gun at all they will probably shoot.
Title: Re: Nice shootin, Tex
Post by: AZRedhawk44 on October 05, 2022, 12:45:21 PM: Be sure of your backstop and what's behind it. Unless you have a shiny badge, then Qualified Immunity applies, and screw the plebs.
Title: Re: Nice shootin, Tex
Post by: WLJ on October 05, 2022, 12:57:58 PM: Quote from: Hawkmoon on October 04, 2022, 11:16:25 PM
Correction: The Popo shot an UNarmed suspect. The suspect threw away his gun before they shot him.

I haven't watched the video in detail yet but my initial impression is that the guy still had the gun in his hand when the first cop that fired started the process of pulling the trigger triggered by the guy's motions which where stupid IMHO. By the time the gun left the guy's hand it was too late for the cop's brain to get a signal that there was a change of plans to his finger and it snow balled from there.