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I am a "former" police officer from two states and from 2 federal
agencies..the "officer" in question "over reacted" as do most Kalifornia
Police Officers..I was in on drug raids as a Federal Narcotics Officer in
Oxnard, Kalifornia...I have first hand experience on how they act in a
questionable situation..The Officer in question was wrong...there was no
more danger of the tank going anywhere..it was disabled with a broken
track..The man inside had no weapon..there was no reason to shoot him..Gene
----- Original Message -----
From: Jeff B. <jbough@direct.ca>
To: Military Vehicles List <mil-veh@uller.skylee.com>
Sent: Saturday, January 08, 2000 2:26 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] Mil-Veh collection bad? (was)Re: [MV] Knob Creek Event
2000
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> From: Eugene PANTANO <snoshu@market1.com>
>
>
>
> > The guy was drunk...and was "murdered" by a piece of crap cop who should
> > have been prosecuted for first degree murder. The tank was high
centered
> > and going nowhere...the cop could have crawled in and arrested the guy.
> But
> > since it happened in Kalifornia...he got away with murder.
>
> >>>>Another armchair quarterback speaks about police function and risk
> assessment. To suggest that a cop climb into a tank that has gone on a
> runaway path of destruction that is being driven by a person who OBVIOUSLY
> has NO regard for peoples lives is insane. I how many guns knives etc has
> this freak squirrled away inside the tank? You are basing your opinion on
> the information received AFTER the event. You have had days, months,
years,
> to analyse the event and the person. The cop you call a murderer had a
> window of seconds to deal with a madman.
>
> >By the way...look on the
> > front of a M60 tank...also the tracked howitzers... See that red lever
on
> > some...?? It is a CO2 fire extinguisher...it shuts down the engine in
case
> > of a fire.... ??? Shuts down the engine....shuts down the engine...get
the
> > point !!
>
> Surely youre not suggesting that Police training should include emergency
> shut down procedures on military attack vehicles?????
>
> I am offended at your opinion of the policeman and the incident. I felt it
> necessary to post my response to the list on behalf of all the police
> members(past and present) who are expected to make life and death
decisions
> in a matter of seconds, to then suffer the scrutiny of all, for years to
> come.
> I will gladly suffer the wrath of Arthur that this post has nothing to do
> with the private ownership of MV's.
>
> Jeff Bough
> Former Vancouver Police Officer.
>
>
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