Police Officer Shot In Ferguson

[whell]

http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/c...d9dc40afe.html

I read this article twice to see if I could find a description of the shooter, who is still at large. Its not unusual in a situation like this for the newspaper to offer some description of the alleged perp, so that 1) the public can be advised that someone armed and potentially dangerous is on the loose, and 2) possibly get the public's help in finding the alleged perp.

Hmmm..... I wonder why there is no description of the alleged perp in this article?

[merrylander]

One wonders why the officers are such lousy shots, we see the same thing around here, most could not hit the side of a barn if they were inside with the doors shut.

[whell]

Originally Posted by merrylander

One wonders why the officers are such lousy shots, we see the same thing around here, most could not hit the side of a barn if they were inside with the doors shut.

Curious post. I wonder if, as in this case, how much accuracy you'd expect from an officer after he'd just been shot in the arm?

[Zeke]

Originally Posted by whell

Curious post. I wonder if, as in this case, how much accuracy you'd expect from an officer after he'd just been shot in the arm?

Not much.

One of the drills I have undertaken is designed to simulate such injury. In this instance, we were hit with a tazer in an extremity and compelled to draw, aim, and hit three times an 8x11 sheet of paper at six feet as quickly as possible.

Nobody was accurate.

The idea was just to prove to your mind/body that you could function when "something didn't work."

Massad Ayoob is a crazy guy...

[Wasillaguy]

Originally Posted by whell

http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/c...d9dc40afe.html

I read this article twice to see if I could find a description of the shooter, who is still at large. Its not unusual in a situation like this for the newspaper to offer some description of the alleged perp, so that 1) the public can be advised that someone armed and potentially dangerous is on the loose, and 2) possibly get the public's help in finding the alleged perp.

Hmmm..... I wonder why there is no description of the alleged perp in this article?

Yes, and the race of the suspect as well as the cop, I would think, would be central to any shooting incident in Ferguson.
It certainly seemed to be the central theme surrounding the last shooting.

[Tom Joad]

Originally Posted by Zeke

Not much.

One of the drills I have undertaken is designed to simulate such injury. In this instance, we were hit with a tazer in an extremity and compelled to draw, aim, and hit three times an 8x11 sheet of paper at six feet as quickly as possible.

Nobody was accurate.

My son and pretty much everyone else on his ODA would have put all three rounds in a the center.

[merrylander]

Originally Posted by whell

Curious post. I wonder if, as in this case, how much accuracy you'd expect from an officer after he'd just been shot in the arm?

There were two officers according to the article. Was the second one asleep in the squad car? If I had someone watching my back I would like someone who can use a pistol. And yes I can use one just ask any of the white tailed lawn rats here how a 6mm pellet in the arse feels.

[Zeke]

Originally Posted by Tom Joad

My son and pretty much everyone else on his ODA would have put all three rounds in a the center.

No, they wouldn't have.

I call physiological bullshit.

When your body doesn't work, it doesn't work.

[Tom Joad]

Originally Posted by Zeke

No, they wouldn't have.

I call physiological bullshit.

When your body doesn't work, it doesn't work.

What is bullshit is you trying to compare you and your cop buddies with a Special Forces ODA.

That's like trying to compare a Tee-Ball team of six year olds with the New York Yankees.

[Tom Joad]

Originally Posted by Wasillaguy

Yes, and the race of the suspect as well as the cop, I would think, would be central to any shooting incident in Ferguson.
It certainly seemed to be the central theme surrounding the last shooting.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...shot/16381553/

The suspect, described as a black male with dreadlocks, 5-11, wearing a dark shirt and dark pants, was still at large.

Sounds like the Dude in Pete's avatar.