The BG didn't fire on the cop. The cop was reckless & a bad shot:
"...who pointed a gun at the officer....."
My bad.
I guess you would have waited.
My crystal ball broke, and I am unable to visually go to the situation.
Maybe I can borrow yours.
The BG didn't fire on the cop. The cop was reckless & a bad shot:
I hope to never find myself in this situation, regardless of the role. Prayers for all involved.
This officer will be haunted for the rest of his life. Sad all around.
Everyone should be thankful you don't have a job where you're likely to put in this position. I see this like a physician who makes a mistake and a patient dies. Best of intentions sometimes have catastrophic outcomes simply because of the fact it's a catastrophe we find ourselves in.
Earlier Saturday, police announced that Smith, 30, had been wanted on a parole violation related to a first-degree robbery conviction and had an arrest history dating back nearly 15 years.
No kidding, was he supposed to wait and see if the guy squeezed the trigger first?I will make sure to consult the INGO experts before such incidents. INGO...where the internet badasses hang out.
HERE is the story:
30 years old, with a 15 year history, and he was out on parole.
NY, keeping citizens safe since...when?
The officer went home safe, so it's all good!
The cop needs to be fired & charged.......
No kidding, was he supposed to wait and see if the guy squeezed the trigger first?
"...who pointed a gun at the officer....."
My bad.
I guess you would have waited.
My crystal ball broke, and I am unable to visually go to the situation.
Maybe I can borrow yours.
AS I wrote before & I'll keep writing it again:
There are good people & bad people in every profession.
It's amazing what some people will write to justify the reckless actions of
this cop.
It's also very sad & "troubling" to read the comments of some LEO's here trying to justify the reckless actions of this particular cop.
Meezer, respectfully I disagree with your term "reckless". I feel that is a broad brush in this. There is a big difference in someone "knowing whats wrong and going ahead and doing something" and someone "trying to do the right thing and it turning out wrong" aka Murphy's Law. None of us were there so it's really not fair to say the Officer was reckless because WE DO NOT KNOW. Did the hostage panic and move? Did the bad guy move the hostage? A lot of varibles and critisum by a lot of folks that I'm pretty sure have never delt with similar high stress situations. Bad things happen to good people.
AS I wrote before & I'll keep writing it again:
There are good people & bad people in every profession.
It's amazing what some people will write to justify the reckless actions of
this cop.
It's also very sad & "troubling" to read the comments of some LEO's here trying to justify the reckless actions of this particular cop.
The officer could have done just as much good by leaving. After all, it isn't like he did anything to help the hostage.
How could you POSSIBLY know enough about the situation to "be troubled" by our lack of willingness to join your lynch mob? He might have acted reckless, he might not have, there is not enough details to make an informed opinion one way or another. I guess I can pull an opinion out of my azz but what's that worth?
AS I wrote before & I'll keep writing it again:
There are good people & bad people in every profession.
It's amazing what some people will write to justify the reckless actions of
this cop.
It's also very sad & "troubling" to read the comments of some LEO's here trying to justify the reckless actions of this particular cop.