Gunfire Near US Capital Building

Smellyman

Cosmo wrote:

Jason P wrote:

Indifference wrote:

female suspect - for some reason didn't expect that.

Finally, some gender equality.

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She doesn't... er... didn't post here, did she?
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Because, I can totally picture it.

badbrains

Cosmo wrote:

Jason P wrote:

Indifference wrote:

female suspect - for some reason didn't expect that.

Finally, some gender equality.

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She doesn't... er... didn't post here, did she?
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Because, I can totally picture it.

Oh shit

Thirty Bills Unpaid

badbrains wrote:

Cosmo wrote:

Jason P wrote:

Finally, some gender equality.

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She doesn't... er... didn't post here, did she?
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Because, I can totally picture it.

Oh shit

I see the humour here.

goingtoverona

sounds like a plan to me. saving tens of thousands of human lives, tens of thousands of animal lives, and not having millions of machines polluting our air. hard to be against that.....oh wait I just realized I don't care about anyone getting killed unless it's by a gun. nevermind.

Moonpig wrote:

Ban all cars!!!!!!!!

Did I get there first, oh please Jesus tell me I said it first

shortstack

E.K wrote:

There was a baby in the back :shock:

if i were the father of that child i would immediately get a dna/paternity test.

Hugh Freaking Dillon

apparently the mother of the deceased says her daughter was suffering from severe post partum. tragic.

Hugh Freaking Dillon

now, I'm no unsung, but why couldn't the cops, at that close range, shoot the tires instead of the person inside?

JimmyV

http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/10 ... s-say?lite

The woman who led authorities on a chase from the White House to the Capitol before she was killed by police may have thought that President Barack Obama was stalking her, law enforcement sources told NBC News.

The sources said that the woman, Miriam Carey, had a history of mental health problems.

The chase, on Thursday afternoon, stirred panic in the capital and briefly stopped the mechanisms of government. It happened two weeks after a man shot 12 people to death at the Washington Navy Yard.

callen

Hugh Freaking Dillon wrote:

now, I'm no unsung, but why couldn't the cops, at that close range, shoot the tires instead of the person inside?

Was thinking the same. Don't blame the cops and with bombs being a real threat they didn't know but this could have gone better. Sad how mental I'llness can kill you. Wish best for the kid. Wonder what affects it will have on her growing up. Any thoughts on this?

Jason P

callen wrote:

Hugh Freaking Dillon wrote:

now, I'm no unsung, but why couldn't the cops, at that close range, shoot the tires instead of the person inside?

Was thinking the same. Don't blame the cops and with bombs being a real threat they didn't know but this could have gone better. Sad how mental I'llness can kill you. Wish best for the kid. Wonder what affects it will have on her growing up. Any thoughts on this?

Police tend to shoot people who do this to other police ...

Cosmo

Jason P wrote:

callen wrote:

Hugh Freaking Dillon wrote:

now, I'm no unsung, but why couldn't the cops, at that close range, shoot the tires instead of the person inside?

Was thinking the same. Don't blame the cops and with bombs being a real threat they didn't know but this could have gone better. Sad how mental I'llness can kill you. Wish best for the kid. Wonder what affects it will have on her growing up. Any thoughts on this?

Police tend to shoot people who do this to other police ...

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People who do crazy shit of this magnitude... pretty much deserve to die in a hail of police gunfire. Mostly because events unfold in the moment... without all this time to look back, review, discuss and decide.
Example: Someone tries to crash their vehicle into a secured area. What is the probabliity that a person that would do something like that... would be in possession of a firearm or explosive device? I mean, the place has armed uniformed and plain clothed officers on the premises. It not like driving through the plate glass of a 7-11.
sure, we know NOW there were no guns or explosives... but, did you know that as events were unfolding... as the car raced through the streets?
Do people really believe that these people are going to Monday Morning Quarterback... in the middle of a play? No. They are in the moment and have to react to actions... consider the safety of others before the safety of the nutcase running amok.

callen

Jason P wrote:

callen wrote:

Hugh Freaking Dillon wrote:

now, I'm no unsung, but why couldn't the cops, at that close range, shoot the tires instead of the person inside?

Was thinking the same. Don't blame the cops and with bombs being a real threat they didn't know but this could have gone better. Sad how mental I'llness can kill you. Wish best for the kid. Wonder what affects it will have on her growing up. Any thoughts on this?

Police tend to shoot people who do this to other police ...

Hey I'm not disagreeing with what happened..understand it...

Can someone explain how that cop car got like that? Wasn't from the lady's car. Did it roll?

Last-12-Exit

from what I've seen and read, the police did a fine job. fuck shooting the tires. you can still run people over on rims. aim for the head.

Jason P

Decent explanation on why they didn't go for the tires.:


Dr. Daniel Kennedy, an expert on police force, told Business Insider that if police had shot at Carey's tires they likely would have missed. In that case, Kennedy said, the bullet could have ricocheted on the ground or off the vehicle itself and possibly injured somebody else.

"Same reason they don't shoot a gun out of a bad guy's hand," Kennedy told BI in an email message. "Police only hit maybe 20% [of the time] where they try to in a fluid situation."



Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/why-didn ... z2gmRlV5f6

Hugh Freaking Dillon

Jason P wrote:

Decent explanation on why they didn't go for the tires.:


Dr. Daniel Kennedy, an expert on police force, told Business Insider that if police had shot at Carey's tires they likely would have missed. In that case, Kennedy said, the bullet could have ricocheted on the ground or off the vehicle itself and possibly injured somebody else.

"Same reason they don't shoot a gun out of a bad guy's hand," Kennedy told BI in an email message. "Police only hit maybe 20% [of the time] where they try to in a fluid situation."



Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/why-didn ... z2gmRlV5f6

makes sense.

unsung

Hugh Freaking Dillon wrote:

now, I'm no unsung

Through hard work, endless drive to perfect yourself, and sheer determination even you can achieve your dream. You can do it!

unsung

This is another police abuse of power, I'm no longer going to point them out since there are so many here crying for a police state. It's becoming so common-place that I don't need to.

Dirtie_Frank

I am not a cop, but when I was a soldier we were taught shoot to kill. If you shoot to wound then you can miss or hit someone or something else. The chest is the biggest target. It is not like in the movies when they shoot a shoulder or what not. These guys have too much adrenaline to make such a tight shot.

unsung

They shot an unarmed woman that had exited her vehicle and was running away from them. Call it what you want, I'll call it an execution.

Hugh Freaking Dillon

unsung wrote:

Hugh Freaking Dillon wrote:

now, I'm no unsung

Through hard work, endless drive to perfect yourself, and sheer determination even you can achieve your dream. You can do it!