Unarmed Man Goes On Shooting Rampage

National Review Online - The Corner by Mark Steyn

A mentally disturbed man is wandering through traffic outside New York's Police Authority Bus Terminal. Naturally, the NYPD open fire. They miss the guy. However, the sidewalks being full of people, they manage to hit two female pedestrians, one of them already using a walker, which comes in handy when the coppers shoot you in the leg.So the DA charges the guy with assaulting the women:“The defendant is the one that created the situation that injured innocent bystanders,” said an assistant district attorney, Shannon Lucey.Ah, yes: the "situation" injured the innocent bystanders. If you outlaw guns, only situations will have

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Truth is stranger than fiction.
Isn't this the exact type of case for which Tasers were invented?

But the Manhattan district attorney’s office persuaded a grand jury to charge Mr. Broadnax with assault, a felony carrying a maximum sentence of 25 years. Specifically, the nine-count indictment unsealed on Wednesday said Mr. Broadnax “recklessly engaged in conduct which created a grave risk of death.”

WTF??? So New Yorkers can't have a gun but police can shoot guns into a crowd? Glad I don't live in that sh**hole.

But then it was a grand jury and they often are swayed. Doesn't mean there is enough proof. Stupidity of NYPD is not a defense (for NYPD).

Open fire into a crowd because some unarmed loony is acting weird? That's beyond stupid. How about a couple of strategic whacks with a nightstick or a neat shot of CS gas in the face instead? Probably still excessive for the situation at hand.

Chase the guy down, restrain him, and take him to jail where he can be safely observed. I'm sure that there were plenty of cops on hand so when it gets to be a four or six to one situation the loony is going down. Once you have the loony under control the sawbones can come in and figure out if the lunacy is a temporary situation due to drugs or if the guy's cheese actually slid off his cracker.

It used to be that the police where put in place to protect the general public and enforce local laws, not to run a muck shooting in to crowds and putting everyone in the immediate area in danger. :bash

otisptoadwater wrote: Open fire into a crowd because some unarmed loony is acting weird? That's beyond stupid. How about a couple of strategic whacks with a nightstick or a neat shot of CS gas in the face instead? Probably still excessive for the situation at hand.

Chase the guy down, restrain him, and take him to jail where he can be safely observed. I'm sure that there were plenty of cops on hand so when it gets to be a four or six to one situation the loony is going down. Once you have the loony under control the sawbones can come in and figure out if the lunacy is a temporary situation due to drugs or if the guy's cheese actually slid off his cracker.

It used to be that the police where put in place to protect the general public and enforce local laws, not to run a muck shooting in to crowds and putting everyone in the immediate area in danger. :bash

LOL. My cheese slid off of the cracker last night. The cat ate it.

I have to admit that the last time I dropped food on it's way to the floor the Wundermutt got there in plenty of time to make sure it never to the floor. Too late to tell him to leave it when he's chomping the food out of mid air from a starting point three feet away.