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The guy in the tank made a decision to defy any and all authority in his
action of running over anything and everything. Yes, he was high centered
when he was shot, but at the time there was not a clear indication that he
could not dismount the barrier and continue his rampage. As far as I am
concerned he was, for all practical purposes, intent on "suicide by cop". It
is a somewhat ruthless way to look at it, but once a person takes and uses a
military vehicle with the power to destroy property and lives, I would
commend any and all means to stop him/her. As a former SWAT commander I
would have given a "green light" far earlier....
Ian Wallace, Seattle
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Military Vehicles List [mailto:mil-veh@uller.skylee.com]On Behalf
> Of Andy Michalski
> Sent: Saturday, January 08, 2000 2:15 PM
> To: Military Vehicles List
> Subject: Re: [MV] Mil-Veh collection bad? (was)Re: [MV] Knob Creek Event
> 2000
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> Jeff B. wrote:
>
> > the information received AFTER the event. You have had days,
> months, years,
> > to analyse the event and the person. The cop you call a murderer had a
> > window of seconds to deal with a madman.
> >
> > >
>
> I dont know, when I saw that video all I could think about was where was
> the immediate threat to life when the mass of cops stormed the driver's
> hatch and immediately opened fire before it was even opened all the
> way. And gangbangers get the bad rap for indescrimate shooting (must be
> that their "colors" are not black or blue). Must be nice to have the
> freedom to kill someone for what they did in the past without fear of
> retribution.
>
> Andy
>
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