Shoot to kill: A policy that was DOA?

[Name]

My only question, how long before this policy is accepted by the US govt? Or did I miss it and it is already US policy?

Just the next step to police statehood.

[Scrooge McSam]

Originally Posted by Name

My only question, how long before this policy is accepted by the US govt? Or did I miss it and it is already US policy?

Just the next step to police statehood.

The International Association of Chiefs of Police, which represents the heads of police departments in the United States and across the world, has issued new guidelines saying that officers who confront a suicide bomber should shoot the suspect in the head.

The police group's guidelines also say the threat to officers does not have to be "imminent," as police training traditionally teaches. Officers do not have to wait until a suspected bomber makes a move, another traditional requirement for police to use deadly force. An officer just needs to have a "reasonable basis" to believe that the suspect can detonate a bomb, the guidelines say.

[Name]

WTF does "the suspect can detonate a bomb" mean? has the ability to, the technical savy to, or the immediate means to push a button. Because seriously, I could figure out how to make a detonator for a bomb work, so based on the wording of the quote above, could be shot on sight. lame wording IMNSHO.

Damn, I left the military too soon, I coulda been a part of the police state.

But seriously, so it begins, the treading on the innocent until proven guilty ideals, right to a fair trial. The bill of rights have officially become toilet paper for the police forces of the nation, as they just have to suspect that you are a suicide bomber to shoot to kill you. I don't see this policy lasting too long in our litigious(sp?) society. But on the flip side, if a suicide bomber was in the sights of the police, the other side would litigate the police agency to death as well.

I wonder how many innocent people will be shot in the name of protecting us from these suspected suicide bombers, and how many of those shot will be people we know.

[Scrooge McSam]

You'll have to forgive me, Wendy. I was forced to watch O'Reilly the other night and it's taking me a while to wretch up the after effects. If I forced myself to listen to Limbaugh, I'd likely explode.

If I had a larger diameter sphincter, this wouldn't be taking so long.

[scaeagles]

Well, stretching mine hasn't done squat, and if I told you guys I needed to get it stretched a couple times a week to do me any good, you'd all have a really good laugh.

Limbaugh is my healer.

[Scrooge McSam]

Originally Posted by scaeagles

...if I told you guys I needed to get it stretched a couple times a week to do me any good, you'd all have a really good laugh.

Not from me

Those are words to live by, as far as I'm concerned.

[wendybeth]

Originally Posted by scaeagles

Well, stretching mine hasn't done squat, and if I told you guys I needed to get it stretched a couple times a week to do me any good, you'd all have a really good laugh.

Limbaugh is my healer.

You do realise Limbaugh lost his hearing because of drug abuse, don't you? He claimed it was autoimmune disease, but profound hearing loss is a known side effect of Oxycontin abuse. He's lucky, though. All he has to do is turn off his CI and he doesn't have to listen to the venomous crap he spews.

[Boss Angeles]

This whole thing certainly quells the Brazilians "always cutting in line" thing.

[scaeagles]

On a complete side note, I was helping my in-laws tear out a rather large block wall last Sunday. We were using a jack hammer, and my brother in law offered to shove it down my throat to see if it would help. I wanted to ask Sac, Scrooge, and/or MBC just how that feels first, though.

[SacTown Chronic]

Originally Posted by scaeagles

We were using a jack hammer, and my brother in law offered to shove it down my throat to see if it would help. I wanted to ask Sac, Scrooge, and/or MBC just how that feels first, though.

One of these names doesn't belong, Duddits.