Tough decisions. This one will be armchair quarterbacked for years. Wondering why not just wait him out. Contain him. I always thought it a shame that Bin Lauden was not take alive too.
From: Simon Westlake Sent: Saturday, July 9, 2016 9:46 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT Philosophical question - WRT Dallas I read some discussions about this online, and most people that appeared to have any knowledge said it is a movie fantasy. There's a reason we have highly trained anesthetists - it is tough to gas someone enough to knock them out without killing them, and it's easy to fail to knock them out. For a real word example, search for the Russian hostage crisis, where they gassed a building and ended up killing a bunch of hostages. I would imagine this guy would have become a lot more upset if he found out the cops were trying to gas him and it didn't work. On 7/9/2016 10:31 AM, Mike Hammett wrote: Could have used something non-lethal? Some sort of aerosol or noxious gas? Render him unconscious, then remove a limp body? Maybe those substances only exist in movies. ----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions Midwest Internet Exchange The Brothers WISP ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ From: "Bill Prince" mailto:[email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, July 9, 2016 10:06:08 AM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT Philosophical question - WRT Dallas I don't know the whole story, nor does anyone else on this list. My impression was that the guy wasn't really talking, and he'd already shot a dozen officers (at least 3 or 4 fatally). At that point, I feel that any means necessary to prevent more damage. Call it the nuclear option if you will. bp <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com> On 7/9/2016 7:40 AM, Chuck McCown wrote: Why blow up a perp? Why not keep talking? Better to have him caged for the rest of his life IMHO. -- Simon Westlake Skype: Simon_Sonar Email: [email protected] Phone: (702) 447-1247 --------------------------- Sonar Software Inc The next generation of ISP billing and OSS https://sonar.software
