On Fri, 19 Aug 2005 21:39:14 GMT, "-=jd=-"
wrote:


On Fri 19 Aug 2005 09:26:01a, David wrote in message
:

On Fri, 19 Aug 2005 03:16:28 GMT, "-=jd=-"
wrote:

Heck, *one* shot could have sufficed if they just wanted to kill him,
but they believed they were trying to prevent a detonation (you places
yer bets, you takes yer chances). If, like the officers involved in this
shooting you think the guy can detonate a bomb, why risk it?

I had the impression that the task of the cop that grabbed him was to
pin his arms and hands in case he tried to reach for a detonator, while
someone else was responsible for taking the shots. And I'm sure his ears
may still be ringing...

-=jd=-

No bomb. Just panic.


I didn't get the impression it was the armed team's job to pat him down,
ask him questions, check him for drugs, or read him his rights. I had the
impression that their task was to turn him into a rag-doll as quickly as
possible. And they acccomplished their task with an apparent high level of
efficiency, not *panic*. It was someone else's job to point that team at
the right guy, and those charged with making the positive ID failed at
their task.

-=jd=-

Cops aren't supposed to behave like that. That's going over the line.

A free society has inherent risk.. That's the price we pay.

The cops cannot be that loose with lethal force. There is a flaw in
the system. I think those guys were drugged-up, on caffeine at least.