Cops shoot machete-wielding actor

[JimO]

unfortunatly he isnt dead

[Mully]

Link or it didn't happen.....

[wbks]

Link or it didn't happen.....GOOGLE MUFUCKA!!! http://www.3news.co.nz/

[Mully]

GOOGLE MUFUCKA!!! http://www.3news.co.nz/

I need not google - someone on here will supply me the link.

Like so.

[Owl]

Now the entire cast of Shortland Street and we'll be getting somewhere!:yes:

[P38]

Whats the bloody matter with our :Police: aye?

Why can't the buggers :2guns: straight?

Are their :blink: screwy or something?

[Finn]

He was about as good at acting as he was dying. I think he was a token Maori quota filler. Thank god those days are over.

[Dave Lobster]

Why don't they go for head shots?

[Laxi]

Why don't they go for head shots?

thats the problem, they fooking were, now if thay aimed for his big toe they'd get him between the eyes:no:

[peasea]

unfortunatly he isnt dead

They've got the bullet out, the cops could always have another go.

[Usarka]

What a drama!

[Forest]

I've heard of method acting, but this takes things to a whole new level.

That man is committed to his craft.

[ynot slow]

How come the cop never used blanks like in the movies?
Or why wasn't he blown to smitherines like the movies?

[popa griffin]

Why don't they go for head shots?

Because they are trained to aim for the biggest mass. Being your torso.

Less chance of missing and said bullet going into a house down the road.

Remember they are fireing these guns around civies.

[davebullet]

Maybe he got confused and thought he was on set?

[MSTRS]

Because they are trained to aim for the biggest mass. Being your torso.

Less chance of missing and said bullet going into a house down the road.

Remember they are fireing these guns around civies.

Yet still they manage to hit and kill innocent bystanders...

[Swoop]

How come the cop never used blanks like in the movies?
Or why wasn't he blown to smitherines like the movies?
Reality is a concept that has been lost on Hollywood.

[Mully]

I've heard of method acting, but this takes things to a whole new level.

That man is committed to his craft.

I thought that - maybe he was getting into character to play Stephen Wallace (that clown in Waitara who commited suicide-by-cop a few years back)

[ready4whatever]

because they dont shoot to kill.

i find it hardcase that they had to fly a guy down from auckland with a taiser for that stick weilding guy, just get a couple cops with more sticks, problem solved. problem is the cops are too scared and always call the armed offenders

[Mr Merde]

because they dont shoot to kill.

i find it hardcase that they had to fly a guy down from auckland with a taiser for that stick weilding guy, just get a couple cops with more sticks, problem solved. problem is the cops are too scared and always call the armed offenders

You always shoot to kill.

It is extremely hard to train anyone to shoot to wound or incapacitate. Even military snipers who may have years of training , not weeks or days as the average police officer does, is trained to shoot to kill.

The big difference being that a properly trained sniper will know his\her equipment a lot better, be more proficient in its use and therefore find themselves in a position to possibly shoot not to kill.

Hollywood has a shit load to answer for. Perpetuating the myth that in a stressful situation a person with a firearm will take the time to put a bullet in a part of the human anatomy that will incapacitate that person.

Bah Humbug.

What I find strange about yesterdays event is that the person shot didnt have a leathal "golf club" or "chair leg" as we know that the officer on the ground is mortally afraid of those deadly weapons.

[Swoop]

What I find strange about yesterdays event is that the person shot didnt have a leathal "golf club" or "chair leg" as we know that the officer on the ground is mortally afraid of those deadly weapons.
The offender had a knife. In fact two of them and a machete!

I cannot understand why the police were worried. They have been issued stab-proof vests...

Have the taxpayers wasted more money here?

[Mr Merde]

The offender had a knife. In fact two of them and a machete!

I cannot understand why the police were worried. They have been issued stab-proof vests...

Have the taxpayers wasted more money here?

Three hands to weild them?

Whats happened to containment.

If the antogonist is advancing then retreat, keeping him\her contained in a safety zone.

Stab proof vests, pepper spray, US style batons and numbers. They had it all their way.

Testosterone and adreniline take over and someone gets hurt.

Couldnt even wait for the quasi military to arrive.

From what I have seen of police marksmanship I am guessing that the officer fired a warning shot which just happened to hit the man. Couldnt have been aimed as it actually hit the so called offender.

[boomer]

why didnt they fly teh tazza man in from his private hide away..

Tazza his ass, send tazza man back to his secret hide out and voila..

more jail bait and the coppers can all stand about and watch pretending they're actually good for fook all..


useless coonts

[slofox]

Years ago I used to watch big game hunting movies where they shot huge nets over wild animules...maybe we could use them...or tranquillizer darts, or spray 'em with superglue or or or...whatever...

I reckon the dude was just rehearsing anyway...

[Mr Merde]

why didnt they fly teh tazza man in from his private hide away..

Tazza his ass, send tazza man back to his secret hide out and voila..

more jail bait and the coppers can all stand about and watch pretending they're actually good for fook all..


useless coonts

I have missed this mans way of stating, that which we are all thinking, in simple terms.

Welcome back BOOMER

[Hitcher]

What's the betting that P was involved in this?

[Indoo]

Should just send in the armchair critics next time, they always know best, and given that they have no knowledge, training or experience in what they are talking about its not like we are risking much.

[boomer]

Should just send in the armchair critics next time, they always know best, and given that they have no knowledge, training or experience in what they are talking about its not like we are risking much.

Are you TA.. i can smell the training on you

[Hoon]

Should just send in the armchair critics next time, they always know best, and given that they have no knowledge, training or experience in what they are talking about its not like we are risking much.

I think you'll find that even if armed with a stab proof vest, baton and pepper spray, their balls would shrivel up while they run in the opposite direction screaming for the Police to shoot him.

Pepper spray isn't much use in the wind or if you can't get close enough to use it.

I'm no knife expert but I like my chances of taking down a stab proof vest wearing baton wielding opponent. I'd shoot the fucker too if it were me.

[Finn]

Another one today... Nobody got shot but this one was at a motorcycle shop...

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/2682540/Waikato-AOS-callout-over

[Hoon]

Ohh nah thats all good and fine. There's only one thing that the one-eyed kiwibiker cop bashing brigade hates more than cops and that is motorcycle thieves so you'll now find them complaining about the lack of force instead of the excessiveness.

[MarkyMark]

You always shoot to kill.


No, you shoot to stop. Aim at the largest target (centre of chest) and keep firing until you no longer fear for your life. In this case one shot was all that took. Killing may be a consequence, and you'd be a fool to aim for a limb in an effort to avoid it, but it is not what you're trying for.

[MaxB]

Am I right in thinking that the guy was shot with an M4 Carbine? The news showed a cop handing one over to his boss for inspection.

If so that is a hell of a lot of stopping power for law enforcement. Plus the actor should feel grateful he didn't get totally fucked up by the bullet.

The cop probably had to drop him given the risk of the rifle falling into the actor's hands. Thats what you get when you take your nice toys out. As has been said a Tazer would have been ideal for this situation.

[popa griffin]

Am I right in thinking that the guy was shot with an M4 Carbine? The news showed a cop handing one over to his boss for inspection.

I must not know my guns very well. I could have bet my life it was a M16.

That or I didnt look very closely.

[Usarka]

At least there was a method to his madness......

[Finn]

Suicide by Cop. Just another example of the public assisting the police where possible. In this case, nothing beats a real person for target practice.

[Swoop]

Am I right in thinking that the guy was shot with an M4 Carbine?
Nope. Glock was used = 9mm.

I must not know my guns very well. I could have bet my life it was a M16.
Bushmaster is the manufacturer. "Looks like" an M-16 but isn't... if ya get what I mean.