Police killed a PS3 thief!!

OMG. YOu should be hired by every law enforcement agency there is in the USA and teach them how to do their job. Who else would've came up with such an idea? I mean come on, police officers have been taught such tactics for a long time. They are taught various tactics to use depending on the situation. Cops aren't taught to be heroes like you see on TV.

So, you think aiming for the torso is a 'sucker' shot when a person is running? Think again. The 9mm guns they carry are not very accurate at least 20yards away, even for a well trained shooter they are not 100% accurate weapons for long range shots. In a videogame, yes they can be quite accurate, but in real life, they are simply not and are only meant for close quarter action. And even then cops are trained to immobilize their target if they do or dont feel their life is in danger or the person poses a threat to themself and those around him, too.

 

This was on the local news just about an hour ago. I didn't hear anything about a dog, but the photos they showed of the guy with his suspected burglar friend were rather unflattering (holding some pretty big guns).

The police said that the photos with the guns were what made them decide to take a SWAT team, which is a bit retarded, in my opinion.

 

cops routinely shoot peoples dogs, they consider them a threat. it seems to becoming more common.

 

I live in the UK, which has a growing gun culture. Despite living in one of the largest cities in Britain (pop 1.5million) I've only actually seen one incident involving a gun in any of the cities I have lived in (Glasgow, Edinburgh, Paris, Lyon and London(although I just passed through London regularly).

My wife and I were witnesses to a case, which still hasn't gone to court (so I can't give too much information) and looks likely to be dropped.

Trust me, when you have a gun pointed at you it's not pleasant. Whether that firearm turns out to be real or not, the second you are staring down a barrel it doesn't matter. Don't take the chance, just comply with the person holding the gun.

We were fortunate enough to have sufficient cover to just drop to the floor and crawl away behind that cover. In order to prevent anyone else getting hurt I then went back and helped a couple of other people out of the area (damn, I have GOT to stop playing Halo!)

An armed response team turned up and regrettably had to shoot the person holding the gun. This was in broad daylight in a quieter part of town. We've not heard the outcome.

The FIRST time I ever had a gun pointed at me was in France, in the Alps! You couldn't get more idyllic or rural. It was a small child who had found his mothers gun (why she owned one we will never know). A neighbour called me into the street as she was petrified - I just heard my name being called repeatedly. I had to coax a young kid into putting it down, despite his excitement and not realising he was holding a loaded gun.

Twice I have looked at the wrong end of a barrel. It can happen anywhere, irrespective of age or sex.

It must be far worse in the US (I watched that Michael Moore film and found it alarming, but he does have a tendancy to use shock tactics!) and the Police in the US seem to be much more willing to use guns in incidents that UK and European police wouldn't have brought guns too.

In the UK, someone stealing a PS3 would have been chased down by unarmed police and dog handlers. I am no hippy pacifist, trust me, but I do believe that you can defuse dangerous situations without loss of life even without firearms. It seems to be an ever esculating issue.

Still, I wouldn't be a US Cop for all the tea in China. You might want to criticise them now, but if like me you've been in a situation where you could have been seriously injured or killed you might change your position and actually thank god someone takes on that role to protect and serve.

I don't know the PS3 story well enough to comment on that.

 

The plot thickens it seems. I have to say I'm surprised since usually the "Blue Wall of Silence" would be in effect at this point.

http://www.gamespot.com/news/6163060.html

 

And in addition most criminals carry weapons in this day and age and Police are more concerned with "deactivating" criminals in the safest, surest way.

If you don't want a consequence, don't rob someone. There is the lesson

 

hehe, told you the officer would be done for murder

 

Oh, so it was an "accident". Well, in any case, if the guy didn't steal the PS3, he wouldn't be pushing up daisies right now.

 

That is extremely remote.

Like saying that if I hadn't woken up that day, I wouldn't have broken my leg at footy.

There is no excuse for an incompetent and imagenative police officer, given the amount of legal fire-power at their disposal. He should be arrested for causing people such anxiety while holding a gun, and depriving them of so much money, but getting killed? It is wholy disproportionate, and in no way justified. If the judge thought any different than this since the beggining of this thread, he wouldn't have convicted him for second degree murder now would he?

Legally, I trust judgments of judges, as they don't get paid for no reason. It's the job to balance interests and interpret laws, and laws are there for a reason - it's not the wild west anymore.

 

Parris, I totally agree with your whole statement, it is true that everyone complains about the cops until you need them.

I am glad to have them around, my thing is I don't trust them. Seems like even when you do need a cop you only call them as a last resort, the more they get involved the more complicated everything becomes.

I don't know how it is over there, but here once you get in the system for even the smallest, most insignificant reason (parking tickets for instance) it seems like you never ever get out. They will bother you forever.

I have met a lot of decent cops who were not jerkoffs, but it only takes a few bad apples to sour you, and I've also met more than a few asshole corrupt bastards who abuse thier authority.

 

Er...might wanna click that article again. The cops cleared, but after hearing the whole story..ehh. Unjustified and the cop should be removed from the force and face the music.

 

The update wasn't there when I posted but it figures. The more things change the more they stay the same.

 

http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/12/12/playstation.theft.ap/index.html?eref=rss_topstories

The deputy's charges were dropped due to a clerical error lol.:katamari: