Another reason why cops act the way they do

[Bertuzzi]

Lets hope so, the world could do without him

I just saw the vid again. Cop is lucky b/c the guy pointed the gun at the cop froze/regained himself and then chose to fire. If he woulda fired at first....

Either that or he some how missed the trigger.... but the cop sure is lucky he didn't fire right away....

[thegodfather]

Here is the entire article-

http://billingsgazette.com/news/stat...cc4c002e0.html

The suspect did pull the trigger immediately, but he had attempted to fire an already spent round. He pulled the trigger again, which on a revolver, is able to cycle the action of the weapon, bringing the next round up to be fire, that is the round you see fire at the officer, which was fired on the second trigger pull. The officer fired 14 rounds at the man, striking him once in the back and killing him. He crashed into the telephone pole as a result of the gun shot wound to the back.


DSM, this video shows the worst of the worst as far as criminals and their treatment of police officers. Police officers deal with a wide range of people on a day to day basis, and often times with the worst in society. Incidents like these however, are rare, and the majority of police officers will finish their careers without EVER having to fire their weapon in the line of duty. I support the work that police officers do in protecting the public and in investigating crime to the fullest.

However, these types of incidents and this video, in no way absolves police officers who engage in harassment of law abiding citizens. It does not absolve those police officers, who in EQUALLY RARE incidents, use unnecessary force and physically assault law abiding citizens, or abuse their power in certain instances, or violate the civil rights of law abiding citizens. I don't quite understand what you mean by this being an example of "why police officers act the way they do." What exactly was your intention by that title? My first assumption was that you mean that incidents like these give police free reign to treat the general public in a violent and poor manner because of the rare incident where a CRIMINAL attempts to harm an officer? I hope I am wrong in that assumption, because people should be treated on a case by case basis. Your analogy suggests that a person should treat another person based on the most extreme of interactions that they have. If for instance one day I interact with a complete asshole and I am forced to use physical force on that person, then I should assume all people are assholes and use physical force on all of them because of the actions of the person in that extreme interaction. Is that what you are suggesting?

[DSM4Life]

Here is the entire article-

http://billingsgazette.com/news/stat...cc4c002e0.html

The suspect did pull the trigger immediately, but he had attempted to fire an already spent round. He pulled the trigger again, which on a revolver, is able to cycle the action of the weapon, bringing the next round up to be fire, that is the round you see fire at the officer, which was fired on the second trigger pull. The officer fired 14 rounds at the man, striking him once in the back and killing him. He crashed into the telephone pole as a result of the gun shot wound to the back.


DSM, this video shows the worst of the worst as far as criminals and their treatment of police officers. Police officers deal with a wide range of people on a day to day basis, and often times with the worst in society. Incidents like these however, are rare, and the majority of police officers will finish their careers without EVER having to fire their weapon in the line of duty. I support the work that police officers do in protecting the public and in investigating crime to the fullest.

However, these types of incidents and this video, in no way absolves police officers who engage in harassment of law abiding citizens. It does not absolve those police officers, who in EQUALLY RARE incidents, use unnecessary force and physically assault law abiding citizens, or abuse their power in certain instances, or violate the civil rights of law abiding citizens. I don't quite understand what you mean by this being an example of "why police officers act the way they do." What exactly was your intention by that title? My first assumption was that you mean that incidents like these give police free reign to treat the general public in a violent and poor manner because of the rare incident where a CRIMINAL attempts to harm an officer? I hope I am wrong in that assumption, because people should be treated on a case by case basis. Your analogy suggests that a person should treat another person based on the most extreme of interactions that they have. If for instance one day I interact with a complete asshole and I am forced to use physical force on that person, then I should assume all people are assholes and use physical force on all of them because of the actions of the person in that extreme interaction. Is that what you are suggesting?

You ever read the paper for Philadelphia news ? There isn't a day that goes by there isn't a shooting. I work in north philly so even i see shootings often. Granted they don't get shot at everyday but down here they get harassed everyday.