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The article says he was armed so maybe it’s ok. But the owners should definitely be compensated.
by Ididntdothis 7y ago
The article says he was armed so maybe it’s ok. But the owners should definitely be compensated.
- sarah180 7y agoWait, you're saying somebody in American has a handgun? That changes everything.
- windsurfer 7y agoHe fired at the police through the garage, according the article.
- ToastyMallows 7y ago"...after __believing__ they heard Seacat fire several rounds." Seems like that isn't even 100% certain.
- olliej 7y agoI'm reminded of the many videos of police assaulting people while shouting "stop resisting".
- wyldfire 7y agoGee, so how much uncompensated destruction is permitted if the police are fired upon? What if they leveled the block? What if they drove a tank through the neighborhood, destroying everything they passed on the way. Or every building the shoplifter was suspected of having entered?
- olliej 7y agoThey have bombed an entire block: https://www.nytimes.com/1985/05/14/us/police-drop-bomb-on-radicals-home-in-philadelphia.html https://www.nytimes.com/1985/05/14/us/police-drop-bomb-on-ra... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOVE https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOVE
- rtkwe 7y agoEven if he's armed the danger and actual crime committed is so insignificant there's no reason to employ the tactics they used.
- throwaheyy 7y agoGotta use those machine guns and armored personnel carriers for something...
- cannonedhamster 7y agoStarted as theft, moved up to attempted murder of a police officer. Use of force is justified. Not repairing the house is absolutely condemnation worthy. My local police department paid for a door broken in during a breach so it's not the same everywhere.
- rtkwe 7y agoThere are gradients of force, they could have done this without destroying this person's house, it's not like he had hostages that were in immediate danger, he was hiding in a house.. Just because some force is reasonable doesn't mean all force is immediately reasonable and it's not stuck at higher levels as the situation changes. While he's being chased and posing a higher threat more force is reasonable but once he was barricaded in the house the danger posed to the public is reduced.
- olliej 7y agoDestroying a home because you want to demonstrate how hardcore you are is none. Surround it and wait for them to give themselves up. That's what other countries do.