Mayor, police commissioner try to reassure Roslindale businesspeople the neighborhood remains safe

he's a a little darker than the other landscape workers at the Cohen manse.

We're talking about a terrorist plot to kill people,

Unless I've missed something, there's exactly zero evidence to indicate any such plot. If any emerges subsequently, I'll bet a nickel it will be another of these FBI sting operations where they entice some fucked-up loser to plan a "plot" that he never would have considered otherwise.

Unless of course they can produce hard evidence that this man was actively involved in terrorist plots. I want surveillance notes, videos, all possible evidence that this man was a "terrorist" other than the say so from the guys who still won't tell us who shot Dic Donahue.

Oh, wait, you can't provide that evidence due to "national security concerns" and "possibly letting the terrorists know how we keep tabs on them" so, you know, fuck it.

Considering the military emails all returning soldiers warning of Isis' call to all muslims to attack any and all uniformed officers (public safety and military) in America in as public a fashion as possible (swinging a hammer at an officer's head, perhaps), I'd say the threat is real (to the military) and should be to us.

And how many times has this happened?

How is the military e-mailing soldiers telling them that ISIS are murderous criminals who encourage others to be murderous criminals, evidence of a significant domestic threat?

Yeah, bad guys sometimes murder cops. Also taxi drivers and liquor store clerks.

On the whole, measured by the percent of human lives that end in violence, the world is a safer place than it has ever been in human history. People who want you to be scared, in general, have an agenda that may not align with your best interests.

I'm glad they got these guys off the street too, but man all of your posts about cops feel so gross.

How about shooting the eight inch knife from his hand? Or the old reliable "flesh wound" we used to see on the Lone Ranger tv show. Or even better, a Hopalong Cassidy trick shot ricocheting off the car mirror causing it to blind him just long enough so Lassie the Wonder Dog tackle him!

Yeah, what the hell is wrong with the BPD?

dvd, the rigorous police academy training that you pay for includes several weeks at the firing range. Officers are trained to shoot for "center mass" not the knee. When lethal force is required, the goal is to stop and end the threat. Local police and federal agents did their job in this case.

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Either deadly force is warranted or it's not.

If it's not warranted, your weapon stays in its holster.

If it's warranted, you point your weapon at the attacker's center of mass and keep squeezing shots off until the threat is ended.

Shooting in the knees is Hollywood bullshit.

I'd like to see a police officer, let alone an armchair use-of-force expert such as you, shoot a moving target the size of a kneecap while scared for their life. You're far more likely to miss, hit a bystander, or get yourself killed for not shooting at "center of mass", as they train you.

But he seems to come out swinging with a particularly provocative account of what happened that can be confirmed by no one and would seem to be countered by the video. And the "shot in the back" and "I can't breathe" seem both--at this point--incredible and designed to fit a certain narrative. Again...withholding judgment until we know more but I think I can safely say that if this were my brother I would NOT be making these kinds of pronouncements on Facebook.