BananaHands
Staff member
When RT reported earlier this summer of a homicide epidemic occurring in Chicago, it was said that the number of fatalities in the Midwest city in 2012 surpassed the death count of US troops in Afghanistan.
I could understand a couple, but nine? I think this is more a case of the latter than the former.With the weapon that they are using, every shot could have passed through the gunman and hit the bystanders...
But in reality, it is amazing that they hit the guy at all. Many departments don't train their officers to shoot while they are under stress.
NSFWIt could be like that time around 20 years ago where a state trooper and a white supremest got into a gun fight five feet apart. Both of them emptied their clips at each other and missed. Nearly 30 rounds at 5 feet, and no hits at all.
Really? So the fact they jumped the gun and started shooting around in a crowded area when the bad guy hadn't shot yet isn't wrong? NYPD would seem to have been a bit trigger happy, even though it probably was necessary to put him down.I'm not (surprise) really blaming the police on this one at all. It just more speaks that this wasn't a typical "mass shooting" event (despite my joke above before any facts came in), and just was another gun murder in a crowded place where the reckless perp got some other people hurt in his suicide by cop / mad dash away / whatever.
I'm not saying they're in the wrong...I was saying I'd expect Charlie to say they were in the wrongGoing by the video, he pulled his gun out and pointed it at them in one of the busiest areas in Manhattan.
The police commissioner is also saying that the bystanders were hit by fragmentation off the flowerpots (and you can actually see some impact sparks).
I'm always a bit skeptical of the NYPD (for many historical examples), but this seems like they did they best they could in a horrible situation that fortunately did not end up even worse.