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That doesn't seem out of control. This man was firing at police. That warrants a SWAT response. You've got a very high risk of officers getting killed. What is
by eloff 7y ago
That doesn't seem out of control. This man was firing at police. That warrants a SWAT response. You've got a very high risk of officers getting killed.
What is fucked up is that there's no law that requires the government to compensate the homeowner.
- claudeganon 7y agoMaybe just let the guy run off with the clothes in the first place? The idea that we have to defend a corporation’s property rights at the level of a SWAT team having a street battle with a shoplifter is the height of militarized insanity.
- eloff 7y agoUsually police don't even respond to shoplifting on that level. I'm not sure what happened here.
- thomascgalvin 7y ago> This man was firing at police. That warrants a SWAT response. Absolutely. And there is no reason they couldn't have cut utilities to the property, set up a perimeter, and waited him out. One of the biggest problems with SWAT teams today is that they seem to feel that they have failed if they don't go in all-a-Rambo. Protocol should be just the opposite: the most successful missions are the ones where a cop never has to fire a gun.
- eloff 7y agoYeah, that would have been better, at least given what we know of the situation.