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DanChamberlain
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FInally, a Cop Who Can Shoot Pretty Well!
DanChamberlain
Posts: 3,395 Senior Member
Cop mugged off duty. One dead, two hospitalized. Of course, all the questions are being directed at the actions of the "Victim" as opposed to the feral citizens who tried to mug him at night.
http://stlouis.cbslocal.com/2013/09/24/1-killed-2-injured-in-forest-park-shooting/
http://stlouis.cbslocal.com/2013/09/24/1-killed-2-injured-in-forest-park-shooting/
It's a source of great pride for me, that when my name is googled, one finds book titles and not mug shots. Daniel C. Chamberlain
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-Mikhail Kalashnikov
Indeed. A abdominal, butt, and neck wounds? A happy outcome to be sure, but we can do better.
"Nothing is safe from stupid." - Zee
It's a charging option a lot of DA's have- - - - -in any situation where someone dies, even a fellow scumbag dropped by the cops or a citizen, anyone who participates in the crime can be charged with murder. It's plea-bargained down to a lesser charge in a lot of cases, but it gives the prosecutor some pretty good ammo against the accomplices in a crime such as this.
Jerry
In the course of their conspiracy to commit a crime, someone died as a result of their criminal activity. It doesn't matter who. The off duty deputy just helped things along.
Still, the news media is asking all sorts of questions attempting to find some culpability against the cop since the "feral" citizens harmed were men who could have been President Obama's sons.
Jerry
― Douglas Adams
Now that's funny.
Son that's somebody with nothing to do with his time but keep me in trouble with mom.
Texas highway patrol? You do not want to face those guys down.
In Texas, LEOs are allowed to choose their own sidearms and most go for .40 or 45. I see Houston cops carrying large frame Glocks and also single-action 1911-style pistols. And our Houston cops also seem to do quite well in shoots against baddies.
This general sort of pro-gun, active shooter and regular practice LEO is pretty typical here, not at all like the rust-belt city cop who only shoots once a year when needing to qualify.
After all, this is Texas.
Son that's somebody with nothing to do with his time but keep me in trouble with mom.
A couple months ago we had a long distance chase that was on the TV via news copters. This guy in a big van had refused to stop and was pursued by Houston cops all through the freeways, then he headed out of town on I-10 west.
Due to our liberal Demo mayor, Houston cops are now restricted in the way they can handle a car chase, and just have to follow respectfully instead of Pitting the idiot, and these long and dreary chases make the Houston cops appear incompetent -- which they are not -- but are just held to the liberal-mentality rules. I've talked with a couple of Houston LEOs and they whole force is grinding its teeth over the new touchy-feely rules.
Not so the Texas Highway Patrol. As soon as this chase went outside the city limits, the Staties took over the pursuit and a big Statie cruiser pulled behind the speeding van. The chase was over in about two minutes. The cop simply leaned out while driving 95mph and blew out the guy's rear tire, sending a message: Do NOT run from Texas Highway Patrol. Haw.