On 8/25/2012 9:11 PM, Christopher M. wrote:
> "Pete C." > wrote in message
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>> "Christopher M." wrote:
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>>> "Pete C." > wrote in message
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>>>> graham wrote:
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>>>>> "Andy" > wrote in message
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>>>>>> OT: Craziness in NYC!!!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Noon TV news reported earlier this morning, a crazed gunman at the
>>>>>> Empire
>>>>>> State building in midtown Manhattan at 34th Street and Fifth Avenue
>>>>>> shot
>>>>>> randomly at passers by. Two dead, nine injured.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The mayor reported some injured were, in the confusion, were shot by
>>>>>> police.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Crazy nuts to my left <---> crazy nuts to my right!!!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Crazy!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Andy
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Guns don't kill people!
>>>>>
>>>>> But people with guns sure as hell do!
>>>>
>>>> Police with guns sure do. As a non-criminal civilian your odds are much
>>>> higher for being shot by careless police than by a civilian.
>>>
>>> You could make the same argument with car chases. But if no one enforces
>>> the
>>> law there's chaos. The thin blue line must be preserved.
>>
>> Have you noted that nearly everywhere the police now have rules
>> prohibiting nearly all car chases? Nearly every car chase scenario ends
>> worse than simply letting the suspect get away and finding them later in
>> a safer environment. In this NYC case the police did not have an active
>> shooter to respond to until they initiated the confrontation, prior to
>> that they had a suspect leaving the area, nothing more.
>
> How do you know the suspect wasn't planning to shoot more people? Could you
> read his mind?
>

Consider the whole series of events. Guy shoots and kills former boss
and it is witnessed by construction workers. The construction worker
finds cops on foot patrol and points out the person. Cops pursue the
person with no weapon in sight until they either confront him or he
spots them .


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> W. Pooh (AKA Winnie P.)
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