They did the right thing here, an active terrorist, who has stated they have IEDs of unknown detonation capabilities, who had already killed police (once you shoot cops, there is no one you wont kill)
On Sat, Jul 9, 2016 at 10:12 PM, Brandon Yuchasz <[email protected]> wrote: > We discussed this a little while driving from install to install on > Friday. > Once lethal force is authorized / warranted is there really much difference > between an officer waiting an hour and putting a bullet through his head > when he gets a chance and the police blowing him up? Dead is dead once you > decided dead is an option as soon as its possible its all semantics after > that. At least that's where we ended up when discussing it. > > Best regards, > Brandon Yuchasz > GogebicRange.net > www.gogebicrange.net > > -----Original Message----- > From: Af [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jay Weekley > Sent: Saturday, July 09, 2016 9:23 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT Philosophical question - WRT Dallas > > A motivated individual can run 200 feet in 8 or 9 seconds. If he's wearing > some kind of body armor he can possibly get further before being brought > down. Add some kind of shrapnel to the explosives and now you've got a lot > of projectiles flying toward the officers that were previously shooting at > the bad guy. > > Robert Andrews wrote: > > He said he had IED's planted and an unknown detonation ability... > > > > On 07/09/2016 08:06 AM, Bill Prince wrote: > >> 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. > >> > > > > > > > -- If you only see yourself as part of the team but you don't see your team as part of yourself you have already failed as part of the team.
