'Rambo' gunman 'ready to die' in New Zealand, Napier siege

reply to post by Fuggle


Please let us arm our police.

I think we have to.

UPDATE

Police have retrieved the body of slain police officer Senior Constable Len Snee and there are reports that gunman Jan Molenaar has killed himself.

Armed police entered the Molenaar's property at Chaucer Rd on Napier hill just after 5pm.

TV3 is now reporting that he may have died from a self-inflicted wound. There is no confirmation at this stage.

Mr Snee's body was recovered from the driveway of the property, where he had lain for about 32 hours.

Eastern District Commander Superintendent Sam Hoyle said it was a relief to be able to bring Mr Snee's body away from the scene.

"We are pleased for the family that we are able to bring him out - it has been a traumatic and immensely difficult time for them," Mr Hoyle said.

Asked by TVNZ if Molenaar was dead, Mr Hoyle would not comment but said: "Jan is still at the address, we can't confirm his status right now."

www.nzherald.co.nz...

Originally posted by yizzel

Originally posted by milesp
And the nightmare that is the global drug war rides on.

Legalize it.

Maybe this guy has a touch of reefer madness. Deffo not good for the "Legalize it" movement.

I know next to nothing about the situation except that police entered, or at least tried to enter a man's home because he was either cultivating, selling, or simply possessing cannabis.

My assumption is that he was probably mentally unstable to being with and was selling marijuana to support himself. He saw the cops coming to take away his livelihood and snapped, but that's purely wild speculation on my part.

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reply to post by milesp


A drug that can induce psychosis and or schizophrenia is far from harmless. Get a grip.

*edit* Having posted this I see that you edited your post to remove the term harmless. It seems you have got a grip after all.

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they have just announced on the NZ news that this guy has supposedly comitted suicide.

this whole shannanigans is total rubbish. its a typical "alex jones" style government plan to highlight the gun laws. wait and see. there will be a shake up in gun laws now.

do not tell me for one second that the SAS could not have taken this guy out as soon as an officer was killed.

ok, flash grenades, tear gas, APC, snipers. holy craP. the whole situation is a total joke and the public fall for it and all watch the news gasping with terror at this joker making the news.

ban guns, more law, stricter controls!!!! ha. man this stuff annoys me.

Originally posted by Fuggle
reply to post by spellbound

 

I've got a couple of friends who are police and I used to work for the police; I like police (at least in this country...never been to, say, Argentina).

That said, I don't know that I want them to holster sidearms as a regular practice. I _don't_ want the damned gangs upping their antes. At least not until the courts are ready to properly deal with them and other dangerous criminals.

As for this guy that the thread's about...well, crap. I find the situation depressing and saddening.

American police have sidearms and all the squad cars that I've been in at least here in the state capitol of Wisconsin are fitted with assault rifles, most likely for exactly this kind of situation.

reply to post by Chadwickus


Great, he needed to die and he has done so apparently.

People who hate themselves and therefore hate others should not dwell on this earth.

But I am angry that that brave policeman died because our country doesn't arm cops. I am going to lobby to arm them.

reply to [url=http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread461519/pg2#pid6253920]post by grantbeed[

Hi Grant, what do you mean?

About gun laws etc.