Posted on 05/05/2015 4:44:38 AM PDT by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
A Texas traffic cop saved untold lives Sunday night when he took down two heavily armed men bent on storming a building where a 'Draw the Prophet' Muhammad contest was taking place, killing both before they could make their way inside.
The police officer, who has not been identified by Garland Police Department officials, "probably saved lives," said police spokesman Joe Harn, who added that "his reaction, and his shooting with a pistol, he did a good job."
Harn said the two suspects, believed to have driven some 1,100 miles from Phoenix to invade the contest at a suburban Dallas venue, shot assault rifles outside, wounding a security guard and hitting at least one police car. Local police, a SWAT team, FBI and ATF agents were on hand for the event, attended by 75 people, which authorities anticipated could anger Muslim hardliners. Authorities in Garland said the men -- wearing body armor -- drove up to the Curtis Culwell Center on Sunday night and began shooting at a security officer with assault rifles.
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Two words: Head Shot.
CC
A bit of an understatement, though nevertheless, quite accurate.
Indeed, they were head shots. The Patrol Officer is a 60-year-old, 38-year veteran of the Garland PD, who had never before drawn his service weapon in the line of duty. The whole thing was over in 15-seconds.
Only place to shoot ‘em when they come in armored for torso shots.
CC
His actions are referred to in the literarure as “The Texas Protocol”. Very effective.
I spend a good deal of time at a shooting range in Texas and I will vouch for the accuracy of the shooters here. Very impressive and very intimidating.
One of the guys with whom I shoot hss his guys machine his bullets on cnc equipment. One afternoon at the range, one hole.
Well, artist or not, the cop won the “Draw, Mohammed” contest...
I’d give him a 10.
Exactly ..!!
As soon as they said the perps were wearing body armour - I knew the officer had shot them in the head.
Great training ..!!!!!!
Don’t mess with Texas.
This HERO saved us from a massacre and rid the world of a couple of pieces of muzzie trash.
>> Two words: Head Shot. <<
If true, I guess it means the cop was ignoring the standard advice to aim always for “body mass.”
Either that, or he knew somehow that the perps were wearing body armor.
Whatever the explanation, it’s a very instructive case.
The kind of gun control I like.
Three shots on two live human targets who are shooting at you.
No misses.
Incredible.
He probably had a strong suspicion that they were wearing body armor,
and if he was that good of a shot, why chance it?
I am guessing they didn’t have the armor concealed and the cop knew he had to take the head shot
A REAL HEROE PREVENTED A MASSACRE
ISIS Comes To Texas – This Is War
Noisy Room ^ | May 4 2015 | Terresa Monroe-Hamilton
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3286035/posts?page=2
After the Charlie Hebdo murders, this should be a stark reminder to Americans we are not immune from such atrocities. They are here and the war is now here in Good Morning, America. As Matthew Vadum at FrontPage Mag says the anti-cartoon Jihad has come to America.
My comment
In January 17,2015, and in the same public school center, there was a “Stand with the Prophet” rally by Muslims, a provocative pro-Shariah law event, by supporters Al-Qaida and Isis organized by one of the terrorists implicate in the bombing of the garage of the NY World Trade Center in 1993.
I wonder if those who try to blame the organizers of the “First Annual Muhammad Art Exhibit and Contest,” for the Muslim terrorist attack would have justified if some patriotic American had irrupted in Muslim rally on January alive, a real grievance more justified than the alleged 2015 and made a massacre of Islamic terrorists. After all, Americans are profoundly offended by the abuse of our freedoms by those who made the Muslim rally in support of the savages that decapitate, crucify and burned Christians offense provoked among the Islamic fanatics by the Mohamed cartoons.
In January 2015, the radical Islamist desecrated the holy soil of Texas. Do not mess with Texas!!!
While my agency does mention “center of mass” the actual policy says “shoot until the threat is neutralized” or “shoot to stop”. It does not implicity or explicitly mentionsl headshots.
CC
I hope this guy receives an award. He’s a Hero!
That depends on whether they are wearing the codpiece... ;-P
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