KY-Seven cops shot, three killed, and one police dog killed in mass shooting event

[TheTexan]

I feel sorry for the officers and their families. I really do. But I have to wonder, whatever happened to "We have you surrounded. Come out with your hands up." That happened all the time on Andy Griffith. I remember once in my neighborhood in Nashville a few years ago that happened. I don't remember the perps name. Let's call him Billy. The police were on the megaphone. "Hey Billy. Why don't you come on out. We aren't going to hurt you. We just want to talk to you for a bit. Come on out Billy." I don't know how that ended but I didn't hear anything on the news the next day of "Billy" or any officers being killed. Sometimes no news is good news.

But then they don't get to use their Bearcats and breaching charges and flashbangs and stuff

 

[Occam's Banana]

I feel sorry for the officers and their families. I really do. But I have to wonder, whatever happened to "We have you surrounded. Come out with your hands up." That happened all the time on Andy Griffith. I remember once in my neighborhood in Nashville a few years ago that happened. I don't remember the perps name. Let's call him Billy. The police were on the megaphone. "Hey Billy. Why don't you come on out. We aren't going to hurt you. We just want to talk to you for a bit. Come on out Billy." I don't know how that ended but I didn't hear anything on the news the next day of "Billy" or any officers being killed. Sometimes no news is good news.

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[CCTelander]

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If you find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck. - John Steinbeck

 

[Anti Federalist]

And how do we know the police didn't shoot first in THIS situation? From an "initial report?" I remember a time when cops, at least in the movies, would surround a house and say over the megaphone "This is the police. We have you surrounded. Come out with your hands up." Now it's all "Kick the door in, set off flash grenades, be prepared to shoot all hostiles, hope there are no innocent kiddos in the way."

We don't...I suppose it's very possible.

 

[TheTexan]

If you find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck. - John Steinbeck

When it comes to lethal weapons- agreed

When it comes to a fist fight, if you escalate it by bringing weapons into play, you're a little bitch

 

[CCTelander]

When it comes to lethal weapons- agreed

When it comes to a fist fight, if you escalate it by bringing weapons into play, you're a little bitch

I imagine it would largely depend upon what was at stake.