Why isn't this tagged as OFF TOPIC? I'm with Erik. That's all I will say about this. Heads up driving TO EVERYONE OUT THERE. Sirens mean bull over and stop. -- Ryan Coleman ryanjcole at me.com m. 651.373.5015 o. 612.568.2749 On May 11, 2013, at 20:50, Robert Brown <rbrown at rawmindz.com> wrote: > Erik, no. By the time that squad car was responding the suspect was already dead. This happened a block away from where I live. This type of response is reckless. Hitting that motorcyclist was a mistake and the crazed response was not warranted. By the time that line of squad cards flew down the street there was no longer any threat. They hit a citizen in service of an overreaching solidarity with fellow officials. Said solidarity may be a benefit, but not reckless response. > > > On Sat, May 11, 2013 at 7:15 PM, Erik Mitchell <erik.mitchell at gmail.com> wrote: >> I think it's important to understand that the officer involved was >> responding to a call of "shots fired, officer down," which is one of >> the most terrifying situations that a police officer can experience. I >> am sure that the response that was underway was justified and that the >> ensuing investigation will report the same. In this type of situation >> I believe all units are authorized to respond to the scene. >> >> It was a terrible incident that took place this week. The death of the >> motorcyclist, and injury to his passenger, was a tragic event. I don't >> believe that it was due to any negligence on the part of the police. >> >> -Erik >> >> On Sat, May 11, 2013 at 5:09 PM, Brian Wood <woodbrian77 at gmail.com> wrote: >> > I'm dismayed by the accidental killing of a motorcyclist by the >> > Minneapolis Police yesterday when they were responding to >> > an emergency situation. This is not serving and protecting the >> > public in my view. I wonder if someone hit the panic button >> > too soon. Was more than one officer authorized to run traffic >> > lights and speed to the scene? >> > >> > -- >> > Brian Wood >> > Ebenezer Enterprises - So far G-d has helped us. >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >> > tclug-list at mn-linux.org >> > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> Erik K. Mitchell >> erik.mitchell at gmail.com >> _______________________________________________ >> TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >> tclug-list at mn-linux.org >> http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20130511/9cd0235b/attachment-0001.html>