Dashcam video shows Spencer attacking officers: wlfi.com
Which reminded me of this from a while back:which Gun Free Zone posted. To borrow:
1) This was a triumph and failure of mindset. The Crazy Ex won because his mind was already decided in fighting with deadly consequences. His intent was to inflict deadly force and take out as many people as he could. It was not a righteous use of mindset, but illustrative nonetheless.
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The cops in the video were basically overwhelmed by a decisive action from somebody that was poorly armed but was aggressive enough to short circuit whatever scenario they were used to and expecting to happen. I mean, who would be crazy enough to confront a bunch of cops right at the police station in a place were you have no rights? One guy did and they got reamed.
Also illustrative in the video is the ease and speed that a man just armed with a knife was able to to inflict serious damage and death against multiple opponents. Internet Gun Experts are already bashing the cops’ lack of training and saying how they would have taken care of the nutjob in a Call Of Duty enhanced Bullshit enhanced self-delusion trip. The fact is that someone mildly efficient with a knife will shred you to fajitas before you have the chance of retrieve your uber tactical HK USP with nuclear tipped .45 caliber rounds out off your titanium reinforced BlackHawk Tactical Kydex Thigh Holster as used by the Seal Teams according to what you read in the interwebs last week. And bear in mind that weapons were already drawn and aimed at the guy, but they were not able to deliver accurate shots to stop the threat.
Back when I took my CCW class, one of the instructors(both were cops) was asked about knives; part of his response was "If you're within 21 feet of me and you pull a knife I'm going to shoot you twice in the chest and once in the head; that's the way we're trained." All things considered, generally seems a good point of view.
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