You mean Reuters journalists with cameras?policing the country from thugs with automatic rifles and rocket propelled grenades walking down the street at 2 in the afternoon
Well, someone obviously hasn't read any of Kmarion's posts in the last two pages. If you can tell those were cameras rather than weapons in that film then maybe you should join the army and be a helicopter gunner smartass.Dilbert_X wrote:
Um, so what did I miss?You mean Reuters journalists with cameras?policing the country from thugs with automatic rifles and rocket propelled grenades walking down the street at 2 in the afternoon
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Those journalists knew the risks of walking with armed insurgents.Dilbert_X wrote:
Um, so what did I miss?You mean Reuters journalists with cameras?policing the country from thugs with automatic rifles and rocket propelled grenades walking down the street at 2 in the afternoon
So, by that logic, a cop called to an armed robbery arrives on the scene. The alleged criminal is standing in the parking lot facing the policeman with his hand in his jacket. He suddenly yanks his hand out of jacket. It could be a gun. It could also be a cell phone or a checkbook.Dilbert_X wrote:
Thing is, they were cameras.
Looked like to me the one who crouched down around the corner was using his telephoto lens to spot for them.lowing wrote:
Those journalists knew the risks of walking with armed insurgents.Dilbert_X wrote:
Um, so what did I miss?You mean Reuters journalists with cameras?policing the country from thugs with automatic rifles and rocket propelled grenades walking down the street at 2 in the afternoon
That's a terrible analogy. That policeman would be walking down an avenue full of banks that have been consistantly robbed for the past 7 years.....violently. Also, he would have radioed for permission to shoot, as these airmen did.Dilbert_X wrote:
Lets pick a better analogy:
A policeman walks past a bank where no crime has been committed, he sees a guy with a bulge in his pocket walking past the bank and another guy holding a camera, he doesn't stop to think and blows them both away.
this thread has brought out the best in armchair warrior-ship on bf2sS3v3N wrote:
I love the armchair internet warriors on this forum.
you forgot to add to your "analogy" they are in a war zone. The bad guys did not have a bulge in their pockets ( they had weapons out in plain site.Dilbert_X wrote:
Lets pick a better analogy:
A policeman walks past a bank where no crime has been committed, he sees a guy with a bulge in his pocket walking past the bank and another guy holding a camera, he doesn't stop to think and blows them both away.
except this was in a war zone.Dilbert_X wrote:
Lets pick a better analogy:
A policeman walks past a bank where no crime has been committed, he sees a guy with a bulge in his pocket walking past the bank and another guy holding a camera, he doesn't stop to think and blows them both away.
No the Policeman shouldn't shoot him, at this point the guy is a suspect, not an alleged criminal for starters, he would at least need to see a gun.Iconic Irony wrote:
So, by that logic, a cop called to an armed robbery arrives on the scene. The alleged criminal is standing in the parking lot facing the policeman with his hand in his jacket. He suddenly yanks his hand out of jacket. It could be a gun. It could also be a cell phone or a checkbook.Dilbert_X wrote:
Thing is, they were cameras.
Are you saying the policeman should wait until he is shot at and knows it is a gun 100%? Or should the policeman shoot him? What would you do? Can't know for sure. Can't let him just walk off. What do you do?
War ended five years previously mate, and the US made it a 'war zone', not the Iraqis.androoz wrote:
except this was in a war zone.
x2lowing wrote:
Most people on this forum hate the US so much they are willing to throw out all logic and reason to do so.
Right.Dilbert_X wrote:
No the Policeman shouldn't shoot him, at this point the guy is a suspect, not an alleged criminal for starters, he would at least need to see a gun.Iconic Irony wrote:
So, by that logic, a cop called to an armed robbery arrives on the scene. The alleged criminal is standing in the parking lot facing the policeman with his hand in his jacket. He suddenly yanks his hand out of jacket. It could be a gun. It could also be a cell phone or a checkbook.Dilbert_X wrote:
Thing is, they were cameras.
Are you saying the policeman should wait until he is shot at and knows it is a gun 100%? Or should the policeman shoot him? What would you do? Can't know for sure. Can't let him just walk off. What do you do?
The Police shouldn't just be shooting up the public because they happen to be somewhere or move suddenly - which people tend to do when faced with a cop yelling and waving a gun.
No, they don't. They move very slowly as they put their hands on their head and kneel to the ground.Dilbert_X wrote:
...which people tend to do when faced with a cop yelling and waving a gun.
Depends, often they don't.Flaming_Maniac wrote:
No, they don't. They move very slowly as they put their hands on their head and kneel to the ground.Dilbert_X wrote:
...which people tend to do when faced with a cop yelling and waving a gun.
Common sense, motherfucker, do you have it?Dilbert_X wrote:
No the Policeman shouldn't shoot him, at this point the guy is a suspect, not an alleged criminal for starters, he would at least need to see a gun.Iconic Irony wrote:
So, by that logic, a cop called to an armed robbery arrives on the scene. The alleged criminal is standing in the parking lot facing the policeman with his hand in his jacket. He suddenly yanks his hand out of jacket. It could be a gun. It could also be a cell phone or a checkbook.Dilbert_X wrote:
Thing is, they were cameras.
Are you saying the policeman should wait until he is shot at and knows it is a gun 100%? Or should the policeman shoot him? What would you do? Can't know for sure. Can't let him just walk off. What do you do?
The Police shouldn't just be shooting up the public because they happen to be somewhere or move suddenly - which people tend to do when faced with a cop yelling and waving a gun.
Or they should.Flaming_Maniac wrote:
No, they don't. They move very slowly as they put their hands on their head and kneel to the ground.Dilbert_X wrote:
...which people tend to do when faced with a cop yelling and waving a gun.
