Police Officers Fire 600 Bullets into Car Knowing It Contained a Hostage, Killing Her

[Zeke]

Originally Posted by barbara

Carl, the bad guys might have been shooting at law enforcement, but their bullets were hitting homes and businesses where innocent people were.

Precisely.

Ad hoc hostage presumption? "They're dead unless you get them back, quickly." (Kidnap is different or can be.)

Sure, controlling the environment and moving to negotiation is ALWAYS the best intent but this was NOT a controlled environment.

I'm not saying this doesn't suck, it does.

I'm saying the response is 100% by The Book.