Hostage Escapes--Then Sheriff Deputies Kill Him

[TwiceOver]

John Winkler, ..., was hit once in the chest when three deputies opened fire on him Monday night ...

They hiring storm troopers or what?

 

[SpatiallyAware]

and what in that situation says shoot them both? when they are unarmed?


lol

Their training.

If you are a LEO and it is facing you = good shoot. Doesn't matter if it's a child, dog, innocent, or whatever else.

 

[NFS4]

 

[KB]

The irony is that they subdued the actual maniac, but killed the hostage. Amazing work fellas.

 

[norseamd]

The irony is that they subdued the actual maniac, but killed the hostage. Amazing work fellas.

and that is what happened in my city

 

[bradly1101]

They were running in a threatening manner.

so, good shoot?

 

[AViking]

Do the cops at least lose their jobs? Is there any legal basis for them to be prosecuted for being this terrible?

 

[SpatiallyAware]

Do the cops at least lose their jobs? Is there any legal basis for them to be prosecuted for being this terrible?

They will lose their jobs, but most departments do not release any info whatsoever on previous officers. Only hire date and leave date. Most of them won't even say if the officer was terminated or left on their own free will. ...........That is, unless the officer rolled on his fellow gang members. They're quick to talk about something like that. Teaches them not to cross that thin blue line.


So rest easy knowing this officer can leave to come work in your city, to arrest your wife/daughter for talking on the phone while driving. Best she not mouth off or she'll get a swift kick to the head.

 

[Exterous]

Winkler fit the general description of the suspect — a white man in a black shirt

The hostage should have known the police would shoot anyone matching an incredibly vague description and should have stopped to strip naked before escaping. Hell - didn't he learn anything from the Blue Truck incident?

So just shoot them both?

Given the LAPD's history of discrimination they felt it was far better to treat everyone equally

 

[brianmanahan]

i shoot hostages accidentally all the time when playing cs_office or Rogue Spear

 

[BoberFett]

i shoot hostages "accidentally" all the time when playing cs_office or Rogue Spear

Quotes added...

 

[videogames101]

LAPD is the biggest joke in america, I would literally never live there for fear of getting killed by my own police force. God forbid my vehicle is the same color as a killer on the run, I might get shot on sight.

 

[BoberFett]

LAPD is the biggest joke in america, I would literally never live there for fear of getting killed by my own police force. God forbid my vehicle is the same color as a killer on the run, I might get shot on sight.

Or a different color. Or not a truck.

Dispatch: We have a murder suspect, white male, driving a green late model Ford Explorer.
Cop: There's an Asian kid on a bicycle! Shoot him!

 

[KeithTalent]

Or a different color. Or not a truck.

Dispatch: We have a murder suspect, white male, driving a green late model Ford Explorer.
Cop: There's an Asian kid on a bicycle! Shoot him!

Hahaha. That's like those poor women who got their car all shot up when the police were looking for Dormer (or whatever his name was).

KT

 

[Printer Bandit]

how will Tosh.0 make fun of this?

 

[Ruptga]

and what in that situation says shoot them both? when they are unarmed?


lol

So stop the second one. The first is obviously not a threat, and the second could very easily be the hostage taker. Ideally they would tase him or do something else non lethal, but we hardly live in an ideal place.

gj reading the thread.

It's also worth noting that they probably didn't have enough time to freeze and ponder even if they wanted to. By the time they've done that the guy could already be on one of them and eating their face.

 

[monkeydelmagico]

John Winkler, ..., was hit once in the chest when three deputies opened fire on him Monday night ...

They hiring storm troopers or what?

When the popo open fire just lay down and play dead......

 

[brianmanahan]

Quotes added...

:awe:

 

[who?]

In my city a guy called the cops about a possible armed intruder, when the cops arrived on scene the home owner was skulking around with his gun at the ready, guess who got shot?

 

[Scotteq]

Kill 'em All, Let the Coroner Sort 'em Out.

Dead men don't contradict official reports

The only good witness is... No.... Wait...

 

[Wreckem]

how will Tosh.0 make fun of this?

Umm since the guy was one of the shows PA's I don't think they are likely to make light of him getting killed.

 

[BarkingGhostar]

The dead can't tell the truth. Cops know this.

 

[Attic]

The dead can't tell the truth. Cops know this.

Makes the most sense.


But maybe i'm naive to just how incompetent the officers are.

 

[master_shake_]

The irony is that they subdued the actual maniac, but killed the hostage. Amazing work fellas.

thats some fine detective work, lou. :whiste:

not being snarky having a go at the officers.

 

[JTsyo]

They were running in a threatening manner.

They were running right towards the cops.