"Bullets smashed through windows and hit the walls of at least five homes on the residential street in Compton, California. A full investigation into the police shooting has been ordered.
A police shootout in Compton, California, has residents questioning why so many shots were fired, Joel Connable reports.
Wild Police Shooting Caught On Tape
California Police Shooting Investigated
* 120 Rounds Were Fired At Suspect’s Vehicle
* Wounded Suspect Apparently Unarmed"
Just the kind of inflammatory headlines I'd expect to see in NYC media. Sounds a lot like the ones we had recently in Palm Beach County earlier this year.
They were chasing a suspect in a shooting. The guy ran. What would youi be thinking? I'd think he was near the shooting. Running means he did SOMETHING wrong if not actually involved in shooting.
He wasn't armed with a gun? How do we know he didn't chuck it out the window somewhere?
He wasn't armed at all? Sure, he didn't have any of those little bitty 230 gr 45 jhp's I carry- he had a 28,000,000 gr. SUV.
Even the anti-cop article stated this guy was trying to run over police officers. He was a threat and had to be neutralized.
Number of rounds fired- the guy was inside an automobile. He was a moving target behind cover- auto glass and steel.
Bad tactics- I can't argue with that. Crossfire was probably due to tunnel vision. Everybody was focused on the threat, which is pretty much a natural response.
Frank Drebin:
"So their tactics could have been better. Big deal. They don't get paid for pretty rolling-on-the-ground-to-cover-like-we-do-at-the-IPSC-club tactics."
I resent that remark. IDPA guys do that rolling on the ground behind cover stuff. C class IPSC guys like me utilize the stand-out-in-the-open-and-shoot-fast-and-miss-a-lot tactics, because we know (or hope) we aren't getting shot at in a match.
I say "hope" 'cause sometimes people do focus on the target under pressure, and forget where their muzzle is in relation to the other shooters.
Supports the "tunnel vision" thing I mentioned earlier. Seriously, if score makes a competitor focus on their target rather than their gun, what happens when somebody's shooting at you or running you over with a car?