Cleveland police officers punished for 137-bullet chase

CBS News ^ | 6-11-2013 | CBS News

[deport]

The city fired a police sergeant, demoted two other supervisors and suspended nine more
Tuesday for their roles in the chase in which officers fired 137 shots and killed a fleeing driver
and his passenger.

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Of the 276 officers on duty on the evening of Nov. 29, 104 were involved in some way in the chase.

Russell was shot 23 times and Williams 24 after a half-hour pursuit.

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[Mouton]

How about sending them to the range for practice instead?

[SkyDancer]

We have to demand that LEO’s have an IQ greater than 60. I suggest at least 90. Any higher than that they’ll notice they have better opportunities at McDonald’s.

[Blood of Tyrants]

I read an article several years ago where a man had been rejected for a job as a police officer because his IQ was too high.

[Red_Devil 232]

Gees itlooks like they were using some those Billions of rounds HLS has purchased!

[Buckeye McFrog]

137 slugs....cutting into the DHS supply I see

[a fool in paradise]

How many dogs did they hit?

[Pearls Before Swine]

It’s like Clint Eastwood’s bus ride in “The Gauntlet.” Every cop in the area got in a few shots.

[a fool in paradise]

Of the 276 officers on duty on the evening of Nov. 29, 104 were involved in some way in the chase.

[gaijin]

The premise of the, “Your IQ is too high so we won’t hire you” is this; cop training is expensive and brainy guys get bored and quit soon, draining resources.

That’s what the high court said, anyway.

But the consensus among street cops is that that was artifice —that the real reason was AFFIRMATIVE ACTION.

Looks really bad if all the guys in the back of the squad are 1 or 2 races, and then the drivers on the other side of the cage are always 1 or 2 races.

[cripplecreek]

In the words of Roland Deschain, “They’ve forgotten the faces of their fathers”.

[NRA1995]

Dare I ask why they were chasing 137 bullets? What a sloppily written headline!

[Carriage Hill]

LOL; my first chuckle of the day.

[Arm_Bears]

A reasonable explanation as to why so many rounds were purchased—These gubmint clowns couldn’t hit a bull in the butt with a bass fiddle.

Thanks for your service!

[Navy Patriot]

We have to demand that LEO’s have an IQ greater than 60.

Good luck, the state has more than one use for Useful Idiots.

[RetiredTexasVet]

Got them dead .... damn sure dead.

[DuncanWaring]

I read an article several years ago where a man had been rejected for a job as a police officer because his IQ was too high.

After which Jay Leno's writers penned the little ditty

"Dumb cops, Dumb cops, whatcha gonna do, whatcha gonna do with a low IQ?".

[Safetgiver]

These gubmint clowns couldn’t hit a bull in the butt with a bass fiddle.....It’s why they went to automatics. Lots of noise, lots of damage but few hits. Wheel gun, 2-3 shots, somebody dead or disabled.

[smokingfrog]

A 7 round magazine limit might not be a bad idea for some cops.

[driftdiver]

Well apparently they hit their target 47 times, which is a pretty good hit ratio.