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Originally Posted by Quicksilver
This is not the first time NY's finest have gunned down an unarmed man. FiveO may have been speaking in as you say "generalities" but It's the kind of thinking on the part of police officers; or as you say "contagious fire where everyone starts shooting even if they don't know why" that's at issue in this case and others like it. While i respect Law enforcement officers it appears that some think they have license to kill and continue to gun down people in the street when other measures could have been taken. It's not like their fellow officers are gonna step forward and admit a mistake. It's just not gonna happen and personally it's that kind of thing that bothers me.  |
No, I hear you. The phenomenon of contagious fire is not one that is about a mindset or thinking. Indeed, it is a training issue. The tendency is to start shooting once you hear or see your colleagues start blazing. It's totally wrong and I think that NYPD has a serious training issue. As you stated, this is not the first shooting of this type by NYPD. I have a feeling that in addition to poor training, there is a personnel issue in terms of hiring. NYPD is the largest police force in the country and one of the lowest paid. Even I can do the math on that one. Don't get me wrong, I'm sure the majority of NYPD's officers are straight up people trying to do the best they can and serve honorably but I see that hiring qualified people to become officers is becoming harder and harder.
There are some very troubling facts in this case and as Gresch conceded, 31 rounds with a magazine change when you're not taking any fire from the "bad guys" is very, very disturbing.