I was wrong on defending those shooting.. .. but there are alot of "great police".. for every one wanting to shoot his way to a promotion...
They had to have known there was only one pistol shooting at them in the street gunfight earlier.
not necessarily true... I would
"NEVER" assume a person I was approaching was unarmed.. especially if the person had:
Let off two bombs in a crowd.
shot an officer while he sat in his car
stopped in a car-chase, got out and started shooting at police
threw explosives at police
shot and critically injured an officer in a gun battle
ran towards police shooting
ran over his own brother
dumped the car and took off on foot.
left explosives and ammo in both cars
while I am not one to shoot first.. let alone shoot at a boat,
had he stood up and so much as pointed his finger at me considering those prior actions.. he may be dead now...
the Boston police need to investigate the shootings..
and an outside organization needs to review their policy..
After listening to the top brass explain how they "ran / rushed" to the scene it shows they have a serious command structure problem..
three top brass do not need to be standing in a driveway.. while shots are coming from the back yard by other officers running to the scene..
it is situations like that that often end in friendly fire..
but I would have still even knowing the facts treated the suspect as armed and dangerous, and considered him to still have explosives..
cause nothing prior to the capture would lead anyone to think he wasn't armed and dangerous.