Good old public and the media

[Tank]

Look at the "milford bashings" do you ever wonder why?

Actually I did. WHY - dont we drown little shits like this at birth??

[ElCoyote]

Personally, I want to know why the cop in question didn't wait until he'd raised the rifle to his eye, and then headshot him through the telescopic sight.

Don't police officers get any training these days?

And why only 1 shot?

[Swoop]

I did not see the news - so what WAS the difference?

OK (flicking between the two)
TV1. Lead item was "the funeral" and this went on for about 8mins or so. Small item later on with "few details".
TV3. Lead item with reporter on the scene. Footage of scene, helicopter taking off to ferry "the accused" to Waikato. Should have gone by road imho... then "more details as it comes to hand.
Later in the news an update with a few details of the "lead collector" as reported from the hospital, age/injury etc.

Difference: On the scene, with details and no speculation.
TVNZ probably had all of their reporters in Parnell?

Dont you think that it would be better to try to clense people before they go doing these sorts of things?

So, sort of "have a shower before you go on a burglary/shooting spree" sort of thing?
Possibly a good idea. Should they clean their teeth as well?

[u4ea]

Im not talking about taking him out, im talking about stoping the problem to begin with,
And what i guess you could take his head off with your styer at 300?

Nah I always went for the knee caps..plonker..

[Tank]

Nah I always went for the knee caps..plonker..

whats more fun is just shooting one kneecap. That way next time they try running away they just end up going in little circles.

[kevfromcoro]

I can't understand why the guy didn't start barking like a rottwieller. The best self defense against a cop with a gun.

Ha Ha ..what a laugh..yeah they would of missed him x20..

[ynot slow]

It's a no brainer people,point/fire a firearm and risk fatal consequences.

The cops first on the scene don't know the mindset of the accused,re suicidal/martyr syndrome.And if stoned/pissed(not suggesting he was) what good is asking the guy to put down his weapon,he fired at them,put yourself in the cops position,what would you do?

Cops allways cop it(no pun)from media and we allways hear the accused details first,the cops never get to present their case at the same time,so a distorted view is formed,of course there will be the ones who say the guy was a typical guy,didn't deserve to be shot,etc.Ffs he shot at people.

[scracha]

You can call me a churchy or whatever you like and yes im proud to say i am christian but far from perfect,

Christian? With your alias I presumed you were a Catholic Priest.

[ElCoyote]

Hi This is a reply to all of you who are saying "shoot him in the head" blaah blaah,

What this guy did was wrong, i agree, and deserves what he gets, we have a thing in our society where we think guns and violence is cool, ive never been one to back down from a fist fight and have ended up in hospital a few times, I was in the army for 6months and the only reason im not there is because I was injured,
You can call me a churchy or whatever you like and yes im proud to say i am christian but far from perfect,
But you guys saying shoot him kill him ect,
Dont you think that it would be better to try to clense people before they go doing these sorts of things?
This isnt just this "1" person this is about all the violence in our world its fine to come on here and say things like you hate this sort of thing but what do you do about it?
When you see these forums and you rant and rave how much you dont like to see this happen in our country what do you do about it?
You see people on the steet fighting what do you do about it?
you see the "gangster kids" on the street and the majority of you despise them ,
Talking about using a M2 rocket launcher do you even no what thoes things can do?
No im not sticking up for the kid involved, he is my age but i call him a kid because he is not acting like a man.
I cant understand how you can condemn any one to anything when you havnt taken the time to think why?
I can go on all day about this but unfortunatly I have a job,
I just ask people to think before they day things and i understand posting this will get a few nasty replys.

You should have posted this under the "Are you PC" thread it applies equally well to both and is the reason NZ is stuffed.

[Teflon]

Hi This is a reply to all of you who are saying "shoot him in the head" blaah blaah,

If you want to live that type of lifestyle then you deserve to be shot in the head. It would make think twice about fucking with the police.

Plus it would make good T.V.

[El Dopa]

With an M2 in every chopper, for use in cases like this one.

Are you going soft or something?

[sAsLEX]

Meh, we've all watched Mythbusters and know that trick doesn't actually work

A scope would stop a .50 cal or 20mm sniper round?

Personally I want to know why the police didn't take him out after the first shots the prick took

Because he was in a van which was probably swerving all over the road at high speed, and, once again, the cops obviously hadn't seen the "several hundred rounds fired from an automatic weapon out the window, all of which vanish into thin air without either making ineffectual holes in the panels of the bad guy's car or splattering bystanders within a 400m radius" training film.

This is where we could of used our Skyhawks/F16s! Soon end that car chase.

Are you going soft or something?

I would rather have 7.62mm flying at me in a vehicle than a .50cal.........

[sAsLEX]

What were they shot with, a Glock or a Bushmaster?

And, seriously, what's with all this "single shot, wait and see if they fall down" nonsense? What happened to double-taps?

Pfft double taps? Thats for the sneaky sneaky types.



Fire into their CoM until they are no longer a threat or until a fresh mag is needed..... then carry on firing

[Jantar]

Fire into their CoM until they are no longer a threat or until a fresh mag is needed..... then carry on firing

You and I must have had the same weapons instructor.

When the crim came out of the van still carrying a weapon, he was a threat. The only way to eliminate the threat is to squeeze your own trigger first, and keep right on sqeezing until there is no longer a threat. The cops' score is 8 of 10, They should have fired twice more for the full 10.

[sAsLEX]

They should have fired twice more for the full 10.

Twice? Did he only have three rounds in the mag?