According to our member who had a friend on scene, as soon as the UPS truck came to a stop, the robbers started shooting indiscriminately. If that is indeed the case, should the cops have just stayed in their vehicles?
If that was what the robbers were doing there would have been dead bodies strewn all along the 25 miles they covered while being chased..
Sounds really unlikely....
The cops pinned them in a corner and they attempted to shoot their way out.
There is a time to back off when obvious consequences just aren't worth it.
Let's say they back off the UPS truck once it starts heading into heavy traffic. The perps decide they need better wheels than the UPS truck. They kill the driver then kill a family in an SUV and take it over. Now we still have 2 armed thugs, willing to kill on the run.
Nobody would criticize the cops at this point right? Nobody would be calling them donut eating pussies afraid to do their jobs right? Nobody would pin the deaths of the innocents on the cops right?
you can play alot of hypothetical situations, the UPS family and the family of the driver that was shot, aren't interested in hearing them.
If they are so quick to kill, why didn't they just shoot the UPS driver in the head when they took his truck? It was a hostage situation that turned deadly when the criminals were backed into a corner.
For the love of ffugk, did you really just ask why a living hostage has more value to a bad guy than a dead person does?
Are you advocating that officers not consider the "what ifs" in making a decision on whether or not to engage?
