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Ummmm…. HaKuna Matata is African Swahili.
How would being a native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander help
Maybe you’re Reggae Shark. He got a band with the seals.
Race isn't an issue - he was Sri Lankan (basically Indian)! That's like, dark white. Must have been a case of mistaken identity. /sarcasm
Ehh giving potential bad guys a free chance to take the first shot might not be such a good idea. Having cops know at the back of their minds if they do 'use their weapon on duty' they don't automatically get everything taken care of, including paid leave and all civil liabilities paid by the taxpayer is another avenue. Also, no retiring at 28 and getting a pension for the rest of your life after executing a man.
Arizona police officer who fatally shot sobbing man collects $31K a year pension
The shooting of Daniel Shaver by Mesa, Arizona, Officer Philip Brailsford last year was caught on bodycam in a case that drew national scrutiny over the use of deadly force.www.nbcnews.com
Think about this. Thanks to the left's attack on police, all the experienced, talented, educated cops have left the profession. They have been replaced by bottom of the barrel, affirmative action, we can't get anyone else replacements. And those are the ones who will be coming to your house for a call.
I agree with that, but I will say this. I'm not a cop, but I suspect there are, or were, a lot of cops who wouldn't have felt the need to be that cautious in the first place and would have had him cuffed more quickly and without the f'd up game of Simon Says. There is no life without risk. The less risk cops are willing to take on in situations like that, the more civilians are going to get shot needlessly in situations that, in hindsight, we find lacked much actual danger.
On your knees with legs crossed behind you? That’s gonna make me fall on my face. That directive is like designed to have you fumble and be ventilated. Like that pest control guy in the hotel, the cops AR said “you are f***ed” on the dust cover lol
'It wasn't me,' said Austin techie who was shot dead by police
A horrifying video shows Austin tech entrepreneur Rajan 'Raj' Moonesinghe being shot dead by local police as he inspected the perimeter of his home with a rifle in his hands.www.dailymail.co.uk
So sad. Exact example of what NOT to do when a cop shows up at your house. Step 1 - Don't be brown. Also would help - don't be holding a tricked out assault weapon outside where scared neighbors can see. Before the cop car even rolls up your block, you need to make sure gun is nowhere NEAR you, get on the ground on you knees, cross your lower legs and stretch out both hands high in the air and open the webbing of your fingers so the cop can see your hands are no threat -- for AHHFISAHHH SAFETY. By following these sensible directions, you might not be killed by the cop and quad tapped with his patrol rifle as soon as he exits the cruiser. Be prepared to have a scared rookie with a patrol rifle pointed at your head barking orders to get on the ground, get kneed at the back of the neck and cuffed before you have a chance to have a conversation with the cop and apprise him of the situation.
Exactly what I was wondering
Police have nobody but themselves to blame for the public’s negative view of them.
If I had to deal with dirtbags every hour of my work day, I might not be so perfect either.
Every hour they work they only deal with dirtbags? It’s also what they signed up for.
LOL you think other professions don't deal with difficult people? Psychopaths aren't the way they are because difficult civilians make them so. They were psychopaths before and policing is the only profession that would let them in. Also, not everyone a cop encounters is a dirtbag (although they like to think so).
Well, they also encounter other cops
If I was make a point about one part of this that was f***ed, from point of call to the first suspect exiting the room had to have been a fair amount of time. 20 minutes at least. Call comes in > dispatch police > police arrive > determine room on fifth floor from witness employees > climb / elevator the fifth floor > yell for occupants to exit > occupants don't hear cuz drunk > call the room phone > they answer and exit one at a time. No shots fired in all that time. Which means you aren't dealing with an active shooter taking up an elevated position, at most it is a potential active shooter, and as time goes on the probability of it being an actual shooter goes lower and lower. Especially when there are no soft targets around the hotel.
I'm not going back to watch it all over again, but my guess was that they were inordinately concerned that they would be ambushed at the room and so were trying to extricate the "perps" one at a time from a safe position. I think based on what they knew at the time that this was a "dangerous" (to the public) level of caution that just wasn't warranted by anything they knew or were seeing at the scene.
