On 8/25/2012 11:16 AM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> On Sat, 25 Aug 2012 09:45:11 -0500, "Pete C." >
> wrote:
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>> That's the thing, the police initiated the confrontation on a crowded
>> street. Until the police initiated the confrontation there was no gun
>> drawn, no random shooting civilians, etc. The police failed before the
>> shooting even started. The proper response would have been to follow the
>> suspect at a distance until he was in a safer location such as an alley
>> before initiating a confrontation.
>
> Speculation at best. Since we were not there, we cannot say if the
> confrontation was timed properly or not. Once he spotted the police,
> he may have reacted in a threatening way. There was a lot going on
> and a lot of police in the area and the perp was surely on edge too.
>
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>>> This guy already killed and you will be next. I'd like to see your
>>> reaction.
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>> This guy was walking down the street with his gun put away before the
>> confrontation was initiated by the police.
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> And he pulled the gun and pointed it at them.
>

And one really reasonable course of action would be to simply follow him
where he may have ran into an alley or a location with a better backstop
than people on the street.