The old and very interesting cops thread got locked up (Doh! I see what I did there!). So here's a new one.
Yesterday in LA, a guy who was either/or mentally ill or on drugs (I'd say mentally ill) was accosting, assaulting, and injuring people with a heavy cable bike lock. Cops responded and shot and killed him. Tragically, one of their bullets deflected and killed a 14 y o girl in a nearby changing room.
The video below is a rather thorough and clear presentation of what went down.
One of my takeaways is that the dispatchers did a poor job as they took the 911 calls. Another is that most anyone with BJJ training could have stopped the perp rather easily. And another is that the cops are very proactive in making a very detailed and full disclosure of the incident, likely to put out fires before they start, so to speak.
Yesterday in LA, a guy who was either/or mentally ill or on drugs (I'd say mentally ill) was accosting, assaulting, and injuring people with a heavy cable bike lock. Cops responded and shot and killed him. Tragically, one of their bullets deflected and killed a 14 y o girl in a nearby changing room.
The video below is a rather thorough and clear presentation of what went down.
One of my takeaways is that the dispatchers did a poor job as they took the 911 calls. Another is that most anyone with BJJ training could have stopped the perp rather easily. And another is that the cops are very proactive in making a very detailed and full disclosure of the incident, likely to put out fires before they start, so to speak.