Tactical simulators reinforce the mentality of getting “them” before they get you. As soon as the simulation starts, they’re already primed to be a quick draw ready to double-tap somebody the moment they see a reflective surface.  That’s the mentality cops have when they go out on patrol. Cops will get “them” before…

Or, more embarrassingly, shoots more accurately than the cops.

Two cops deployed tasers but neither of them worked. (Guy only had a t-shirt on, so I don’t know what was going on there.) But it looks like they could have easily subdued him with pepper spray, or batons, or a good old fashioned gang tackle. (They had plenty of time, and the guy never made an aggressive move toward…

I actually did some training on a very similar system to FATS back around 2015 or so. I did well until a hostage scenario presented. I proceeded to shoot the flight attendant between the eyes when the perp lunged. It was a sobering experience for sure. This was during a time period where I was practicing pistol skills…

Sure, the JLE may be peer-reviewed but can you point me to the issue where the “Car Seats as Contraception” paper was actually published in the Journal? I went back through 2019 and couldn’t find it, and though I only spent about 45 seconds looking I feel I should have seen it in there since it was supposedly written…

The NYPD has a long history of missing the alleged perpetrator and hitting bystanders,  there was an incident IIRC near Times Square and even worse the negligent manslaughter of Akai Gurley by a rookie who fumbled his gun. 

Well ya know, if you let criminals go free, you’re just sending a message that we don’t care anymore.  Or something.

I think the cops do make a reasonable point that it’s very hard to use lethal force accurately on a moving subway car.

But the $3.90 fare!  If some passerby doesn’t get shot in the head over that, would this even be America anymore?

I attended one of these “educate the public about police use of force” things a few years ago. Many of the other people there bought into it and were like “ah, yes, I see why you totally have to shoot people in a situation like this.” What those people were missing was the fact that the “situation like this” was an…

Isn’t this why Tazers were invented?

Nope, not acceptable at all. In that setting, non-lethal solutions should have been deployed. A baton would have suffice in the matter but lets just publicly execute someone when numerous deescalating tactics that could have been used. Put yourself in the shoes of the guy who was struck in the head for being a…

*Starts simulation*

I’d make a joke about their shooting simulator being called FATS, but I don’t go for the low-hanging donut.

Why didn’t the officer that was hit in the armpit return fire and kill his attacker?

Attempted murder over a $2.50 fare

Imagine doing this instead of just not shooting innocent people.

She (or an editor) put in a correction. It’s now noted as a flathead-six. I guess that’s what Nash called these motors, but they just look like typical I-6s and not at all like the famous Ford flathead V8s.

I don’t recall saying it had an extended cab XD