Usdk wrote:
Well I sure as shit wouldn't be keen to go into a house I've never been in to find a sure to be hidden trained killer. The guy was clearly ready and willing to kill cops, fuck it.
So instead of doing what you signed up to do, you propose to commit a major felony and endanger the lives of hundreds of innocent people.
Real American hero here.
Nor is the scenario you're drawing accurate. This is one guy, holed up in a house, with a peashooter. The LAPD has massive numbers, coordination, armor, heavy equipment, police dogs.
They could have simply done what the Israelis do and bulldoze the house. They could have handled the situation like a military operation - secure the house, room by room, with squads in heavy armor in constant radio contact, using police dogs, robots and cameras to minimize the risk at each juncture, setting up barricades as they take ground. They could have flooded the house with knockout gas, like the Russians did when some Chechen terrorists did a mass kidnapping in Moscow. They could have done what the CIA did when Noriega put them in a similar situation and bombarded the house with music so loud the target can't sleep or fight.
They also could have done absolutely nothing. Lay siege to the house and simply wait for him to come out.
No. The cops lacked courage, integrity, and even basic tactical skills. If you have a whole freaking army at your command and you can't even take a house without burning it down, you suck. And the entire reason they decided to force the situation was for their little fig leaf.
All this incident has shown is that cops are incompetent scumbags. Apologism for their atrocious behavior just drives that point home.