It may be somewhat embellished for drama's sake. Normally the Omaha World-Herald isn't fit for lining a bird cage. I don't doubt, however, that the story is true. A local police chief, when asked by a local business's remote office HQ to conduct this "training" - made an absolutely assinine decision to accomodate their request. It amazes me that people, particularly those who are sworn to protect life and property, have so little ability to visualize the potential consequences of their decisions. This was a training exercise, for goodnesssake, and deciding to proceed was not something that required the split-second, spur-of-the-moment decision making normally required of LEO's! This decision was made at a desk, and the Chief should issue an apology and promise to never do this again, and if he can't do that, he should resign or be fired.
This never would have happened in Norfolk, lest we forget what happened at the U.S. Bank branch office last year. It's no wonder those folks were terrified. I truly hope you're not attempting to defend the Chief's decisions in this situation - mainly participating in this ill-concieved "training" exercise.
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Yeah both were unloaded later that evening when they cleaned their weapons. this is the blatant lie i must address. No LEO would enter any situation on the street unarmed, or unloaded NEVER. A spokesman would however issue a feather-unruffling lie to sooth the frightened sheep.
This article may or may not be true, but this last tidbit is the greatest, silliest lie since we were reading lips. If any ready clerk had attempted to defend himself, he would have met Mr. Glock, and Mr Buck, coming at him from body-armored "robbers", then he would have met his maker.
Let's please not kid ourselves.
"It may be somewhat embellished for drama's sake. Normally the Omaha World-Herald isn't fit for lining a bird cage. I don't doubt, however, that the story is true. A local police chief, when asked by a local business's remote office HQ to conduct this "training" - made an absolutely assinine decision to accomodate their request. It amazes me that people, particularly those who are sworn to protect life and property, have so little ability to visualize the potential consequences of their decisions. This was a training exercise, for goodnesssake, and deciding to proceed was not something that required the split-second, spur-of-the-moment decision making normally required of LEO's! This decision was made at a desk, and the Chief should issue an apology and promise to never do this again, and if he can't do that, he should resign or be fired.
This never would have happened in Norfolk, lest we forget what happened at the U.S. Bank branch office last year. It's no wonder those folks were terrified. I truly hope you're not attempting to defend the Chief's decisions in this situation - mainly participating in this ill-concieved "training" exercise.
No, I'm saying that I personaly don't know if it's true, if you say it is, then now I do. My point is, the "robbers" guns were loaded, and if any clerk had attempted to defend himself, he would have gotten BLOWN AWAY, and his return fire would have only met body-armor. Im saying this as a reality-check to posters who say this excercise would have ended differently had they been present.
Well, yes, but not in the way they imagined. I must not be making clear points, sorry.
I wasn't defending this bizarre "training" op. I can see wheels turning in minds though, this could be used as a way to insure those who exercise self defense in the neo-USSA (streng verboten) are gunned down by the state. Sort of a criminal-protection act. Surrender like sheep as you should and live, defend your life and get what you deserve, death at the hands of the state which is what the gun-banners wish for us anyway.
Back in my day, the dark ages or thereabouts, many called it the Wierd Harold, but those were the commie pinko hippy types, claiming it was biased in favor of Republicans and Tricky Dick. But when I've read it of late, I'd say your assement is correct. Imagine what the Lincoln Paper, which was liberal even then, is like now. :)
'Bout the only thing that hasn't changed since then is that Ernie Chambers is still a state Senator. Sheesh.