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Originally Posted by Looking_for_911
They (robbers) usually do when a cop yells, "Freeze, Police!"
Glad it wasn't worse than it was.
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Exactly. A smarter cop would have monitored the situation, ready to shoot if
absolutely necessary, but otherwise done nothing until the guy was outside. He handled it the worst way possible, he's damn lucky that several innocents were not killed. And this was not some unprecedented, once-in-a-lifetime scenario. Cops are trained very specifically in how to deal w/ armed robberies in progress with civilians present. I've seen them outside a bank w/ shotguns several times when false alarms went off, they do not go inside or reveal their presence.
This guy should be fired. He's no hero, he's an idiot. In fact, this is a great argument for the anti-concealed carry crowd, ie. that someone w/ a gun on them would handle this exact situation in this exact (wrong) way and get a bunch of people shot. Idiot.