Sad they executed this poor guy by firing squad in Nashville

a reply to: TerryMcGuire

If you watched the video you would see the officers had good trigger discipline. No one has a finger on the rigger until he drew that thing from his pocket.

A dozen cops shot or killed in the last few weeks. He knew what he was doing. Suicide by cop.

originally posted by: network dude

originally posted by: TerryMcGuire
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid knew what they were facing. So did this guy. They did not want to go to jail and rot so they went down fighting an insurmountable foe. It appears this dude did as well.

On the other hand though, I often wonder at the large number of police that seem to be in on shootings like this. Fingers on the triggers, sweaty palms dripping in anticipation of the ''shoot''. Live target practice, tired of those paper targets. Nine fingers ready to pop. Why not have a couple of designated officers in cases like this. Hey Joe, Gus, put a quick couple in his head. Save the money for bullets, save all the paper work for those who fired. Less chance of bystanders getting col lateraled.

Maybe by joining in on the shoot they get some days off from duty, some simple time with a psychologist making sure they are recuperated from the ordeal? I don't know.

or perhaps they have seen too many of their fellow LEO's gunned down and they are making sure it doesn't happen again on their watch. Join the force, be a cop for a bit, then tell everyone what went wrong.

You can tell people that haven't been exposed to what cops go through and the dangers.

Found out a guy I went high school with was trying to help a young woman, he was a cop and had actually busted her before for drugs and solicitation. After months he got her off drugs into rehab, 2 weeks later he was shot in his car while parked. Nobody was ever charged and they are free to this day. His family suspects it was the woman's pimp as she disappeared too

originally posted by: SeaWorthy
a reply to: trollz

I would think he committed suicide by Police.

It was stupid thing to do but you are right. This is what it looks like.

Suicide by Police.

I hate to say this but the officers had no choice.
He wanted Suicide he was told a number of times to drop it.

If there are former police officers here please do correct me and those of us who are saying this is looking like Suicide by police but for me it sure does look like it.


Maybe that person had personal issues in life or what not i dont know what happened i am not going to speculate.

a reply to: putnam6

The reality is law enforcement is less dangerous than gardening.

I would hate to be a cop.
Too many mental cases out there.
They are often the first people police have to interact with.
I listen to the craziest interactions on my scanner.
I'm glad I'm not making those decisions.

originally posted by: Mandroid7
a reply to: putnam6

The reality is law enforcement is less dangerous than gardening.

Okay...

a reply to: machineintelligence

There had to be a better outcome than this. These officers shot him down like this so they could get on with their day is my feeling about it.

Are you joking ?

Did you read the story , Did you watch the Video ?

It was a Suicide by Cop , He pulled a metal object and pointed it at the Officers just like it was a hand Gun .

The same scenario could have happened 1000 times and he would have gotten shot every time.

a reply to: machineintelligence

fake news.

That guy was white and cops only shoot black people..

a reply to: Mandroid7

He didn't point a finger. Do you even bother educating yourself on anything before you open your stupid mouth? There are literally pictures in this post.

a reply to: Mandroid7

How many people where killed while gardening this week? If more than cops, how do we get you to take up gardening?

a reply to: Fryguy

I'm sorry if you are a bootlicker and the truth hurts.
Try a little research genius tier blogger boy.
25 most dangerous jobs

Every job I've ever done has been more dangerous than a police officer.

originally posted by: SeaWorthy
a reply to: TerryMcGuire

I often wonder at the large number of police that seem to be in on shootings like this.

I have often thought the same. They become pack like and clearly with large numbers things escalate, the investigation is also then much longer and larger.
When they have a few there they should send the rest on their way if they are facing one person and often a single person with no weapons.

sounds like a blue versiON of a smaSH AND loot mob.

i won't be losing sleep.

originally posted by: vNex92

originally posted by: SeaWorthy
a reply to: trollz

I would think he committed suicide by Police.

It was stupid thing to do but you are right. This is what it looks like.

Suicide by Police.

live hard and fast and leave a bullet riddled corpse.

stupid but effective.

originally posted by: putnam6

originally posted by: Mandroid7
a reply to: putnam6

The reality is law enforcement is less dangerous than gardening.

Okay...

Ok what?
What kind of lame response is this.
Great effort

It is a fact.
Police officers aren't even in the top 20 for dangerous jobs.
Look it up

What's with the stupidity on ats or public in general where people have such a retarded black/white view on everything ?
It's getting beyond stupid.
Omg he dissed the po..he must be a leftist, commie etc
No conversation, no room for improvement.
All discourse blocked by team whatever you put yourself in.
It is stupid sheep behavior. Baaaahhing from the side they line you up on.
You are too emotionally invested in the story to have a credible opinion imo
You can't even ask logical questions
Why did it escalate this long?
Did he show signs of mental illness?
Unless you can address the situation and talk about it, you don't really bring anything to the table and might as well sit it out.
Viewing reality as team w or w/o the police is incredibly dense.

They do make mistakes and many laws are unneeded.
I'd be willing to bet the most frequent interactions, non traffic stops are in fact the mentally ill, so it would make sense to massively focus training here.

The troll never returned

originally posted by: Mandroid7
I would hate to be a cop.
Too many mental cases out there.
They are often the first people police have to interact with.
I listen to the craziest interactions on my scanner.
I'm glad I'm not making those decisions.

It seems after they closed down all the mental institutions, it's been the cops who have to deal with them... Nowadays the crazies go to the doctor to be put on psychotic drugs, go rob a dollar store in the nude, and then suicide by cop.

🤡🌎

a reply to: imitator

Very true. Iowa saw the same problems.
I don't know what to do with them.
It's not a good situation.
None of it will be getting better with the direction politicians are going.
Take more, more, more, more!!
Poke n prod, let's eff with their kids now!!
Chaos is the obvious intent with govs right now.

Damn sad. Two thing


1 he wanted suicide by cop.

2 the cops aren't allowed to stay safe if this is how people react to this guys actions. People want them to wait until they are 100% sure to be safe. Well it is proven to be a huge mistake to wait. It is a huge mistake to pull away and turn real fast with an object that could be used to kill on the spot. You can't ask the cops to wait till they are shot can you?

originally posted by: RickyD
a reply to: machineintelligence

Did you not see him draw an object on officers as if it was a gun? Did you not see her was on the middle of I-65 and there was a well if stopped traffic like 30 yards away? That's what happens when you take an action like that...those officers are going to protect the safety of all those people sitting there blocked up in traffic. They aren't going to risk a taser in a situation like that...you are going to get shot. Poor sad guy may be right be he did this to himself no one else.