(12-11-2017 06:42 PM)SuperFlyBCat Wrote: They had him on the ground, lying down spread eagle with his hands on the floor and then raised above his head almost immediately. They could have secured and cuffed him. They gave him God knows how many commands. And he was unarmed.
1) Us second-guessing police procedures is not at issue here. They follow protocols.
2) iirc, there was concern that there was at least one other person in the room. Had they done as you suggest, one cop would have been securing the suspect, the other would have been 'covering' that person. Who would have been watching the other end of the hallway for the third person? And no, you couldn't cover the suspect with another cop on top of him AND been watching the end of the hallway... at least not without significantly risking shooting the cop (since he would be 'up' and the suspect 'down')
3) The commands weren't that difficult. The most important one was 'slowly' and (paraphrasing) 'when you put your hands where I can't see them, I get concerned that you have a gun... don't do that again or I will shoot you'
Seriously, the biggest reason the commands were confusing was because the cop was being clear and the guy was moving quickly... sometimes before the cop finished the instructions... and OFTEN in direct violation of the instructions.
(12-11-2017 10:45 PM)WKUYG Wrote: if you were afraid to go in and cuff before the killing. Nothing changed after it. So why all of a sudden it's OK to rush in and cuff and go to the door...a door you cant see?
It seems obvious that it's not about being afraid.... It's about having the manpower to address the situation.
The woman was subdued and the man dead. No need to cover them anymore.... and If there were another shooter, especially with a bomb, this is precisely the time he would have set it off. No time to wait... and those people rushed into a situation to save our sorry asses and you guys want to condemn them for it? Pitiful.
If you guys would like to argue police procedures, that's fine... but none of us are experts in that field and the people who set up these procedures, while not perfect, are.
If the guys broke protocol, fine.... let's hear that argument... I haven't heard that other than as speculations... but it certainly makes logical sense that you would address a potential mass killer quickly.... even if short-handed.... that you wouldn't rush two people with two people if you thought there were a third, and once shooting started and suspects shot, that the third might make a rash, suicidal/homicidal decision.
I watched a bunch of youtube videos last night and was amazed at the number of STUPID people there are in this world.... who punch their best friends in the face or kick them in the nuts for a laugh... who routinely challenge cops doing their jobs and think they're cool.... etc etc etc.
To the extent that we do, the reason we have ****** cops is because we are (by and large) ****** people... and DECENT people won't do that job... yet we still want them to do that job (when and how we want them to).
If they were drunk, they should have said so immediately. They should have come out of the room immediately. They should have made sure they understood every command before they moved and then moved slowly and compliantly... not jumping and flopping around like a petulant 2 year old when someone is training a gun on them. The woman essentially did (a little whining aside). If he was too drunk, he shouldn't have been playing with the bb gun in the first place. That's how 'accidents' happen.
****** for the guy... ****** for the cop. The guy is 'why things happened', not the cop.