The cops are out of the hospital, so that's good news. I can't decide if this kind of violent turmoil is just the kind of cleansing-by-fire this society needs, and we'll come out of this much better off in our race relations.....or if this is just further proof of the de-evolution of our species as we regress back to our animal instincts.
of course i think it's probably the latter. On Thu, Mar 12, 2015 at 1:10 PM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> wrote: > > I know that people can do it but I was pretty sure that it required quite a > bit of training and practice, which is what makes me suspicious. Just seems > to me that 2 hits to a head/shoulder out of 3 or so shots in the middle of > the night by an untrained person would be unlikely. Maybe not though. I > appreciate the feedback. > > Judah > > On Thu, Mar 12, 2015 at 11:07 AM, LRS Scout <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Plus a hand gun calibre carbine can fire accurately at those ranges. > > > > I've seen video of guys that can shoot a standard 1911 out to 100 meters > > but that's pretty rare. > > > > But like jerry said, most likely those are "area" hits as opposed to > > "point". > > On Mar 12, 2015 2:04 PM, "Jerry Milo Johnson" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > They were standing together close in a line. Like British Redcoats > during > > > the Revolution. > > > > > > You cannot easily hit a specific target from that distance, but the > > bullet > > > can travel that far, and if the elevation is correct you are going to > hit > > > something in that line. > > > > > > From the google: "A typical 1911 [Colt 45], zeroed at 7 yards, has a > drop > > > of 14 inches at 100 yards." > > > > > > Tragic. And will probably undo a lot of the mental/moral strides that > > have > > > been churning in people's minds. Including those police. > > > > > > With the scrutiny they have been under, I don't think _anything_ will > > > happen without being dissected by all parties involved (police, > > > anti-police, press, lawyers, general public) > > > > > > But this didn't throw off any major "cannot have happened" flags for > me, > > > yet. But awaiting more details. > > > > > > On Thu, Mar 12, 2015 at 1:52 PM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > So I heard about the shooting of the two police officers in Ferguson > > as I > > > > was heading into work this morning. Later, I read a couple of > articles > > > and > > > > there are some details in there that strike me as incredibly > > suspicious. > > > > > > > > The officers were standing near a protest that was dwindling, down > to a > > > > couple dozen people. According to the police chief, the shots came > not > > > from > > > > the protesters in the the parking lot that the officers were > > monitoring, > > > > but rather from a hill behind that parking lot. > > > > > > > > So the officers were shot around midnight. Apparently with a hand > gun. > > > From > > > > 125 yards away. And there were 3 or so shots, resulting in one head > > wound > > > > and one shoulder wound. > > > > > > > > Now, it is my understanding that it is really quite difficult to > > > accurately > > > > hit a target from 125 yards away with a pistol (I've never tried > > anywhere > > > > close to that distance). Let alone a target that might be moving > > > slightly. > > > > In the middle of the night. And yet, it seems that a largish > percentage > > > of > > > > the shots hit the targets they were aiming for. > > > > > > > > It is awful that the police officers were shot. But the narrative > that > > > I've > > > > seen thus far seems to be about "rogue protesters" who took advantage > > of > > > > the protest to be violent. All the details about the shooting though > > seem > > > > to go rather against that narrative. Am I misunderstanding the > > situation > > > > and being overly paranoid? > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > Judah > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:373305 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
