July 17, 201610 yr One report says there were reports of a male walking down the road carrying a rifle of some sort. I will assume that's legal in Louisiana. Besides rolling up on the guy and saying hello what can an officer do legally when he/she sees this guy? He wasn't doing anything illegal, right? No probable cause to detain him. Again, these open carry gun laws are putting police in a really bad spot like we saw in Minnesota. Police are going to investigate complaints. Even if that's just going and talking to the guy. If people are alarmed and calling they're going to respond.
July 17, 201610 yr One report says there were reports of a male walking down the road carrying a rifle of some sort. I will assume that's legal in Louisiana. Besides rolling up on the guy and saying hello what can an officer do legally when he/she sees this guy? He wasn't doing anything illegal, right? No probable cause to detain him. Again, these open carry gun laws are putting police in a really bad spot like we saw in Minnesota. A very good point against open carry that I had not thought about previously. What should police policy be? As I think about it, it seems a police officer should drive up close to the open carry person, remain in his vehicle and tell the person to put down his weapon, move away from it and lie on the ground. Next you have to tell the person to remain where he is while you wait for backup to secure the area and make sure a second person is not sitting in an ambush position. Police procedures are going to change. Or open carry laws are going to go away. Which choice is better?
July 17, 201610 yr Police are going to investigate complaints. Even if that's just going and talking to the guy. If people are alarmed and calling they're going to respond. Of course but they are limited in what they can do, right? Are they then going to follow the guy around all day?
July 17, 201610 yr bill quigley @bqnola Baton Rouge. Witness says police not targeted but arrived in scene of shootout between regular people w assault weapons 12:17 PM - 17 Jul 2016 Ambush. They shoot for 5 minutes and only person dead is one shot* by cop?
July 17, 201610 yr Of course but they are limited in what they can do, right? Are they then going to follow the guy around all day? Yes they are limited. No they're not going to follow them around. Not in my opinion
July 17, 201610 yr Yes they are limited. No they're not going to follow them around. Not in my opinion And then when the guy shoots someone the crowd yells "why didn't you do something when you had him?"
July 17, 201610 yr One report says there were reports of a male walking down the road carrying a rifle of some sort. I will assume that's legal in Louisiana. Besides rolling up on the guy and saying hello what can an officer do legally when he/she sees this guy? He wasn't doing anything illegal, right? No probable cause to detain him. Again, these open carry gun laws are putting police in a really bad spot like we saw in Minnesota. Guns fault, got it.
July 17, 201610 yr And then when the guy shoots someone the crowd yells "why didn't you do something when you had him?" Its not a new phenomenon. Police are expected to run faster, shoot better, be able to talk anyone down, defuse aby situation, solve any case, etc. Yeah, a lot of idiots would blame police.
July 17, 201610 yr Police say shooting started both inside and outside of a convenience store. They would not comment when asked if officers were targeted.
July 17, 201610 yr My heart hurts so much. I can't even find the words. What you said reminds me of this song... [video=youtube;o1Xsj9-3Pvo]
July 17, 201610 yr The war on LEO's continue. Thankfully, thanks to a grant, we will be getting new weapons, tasers and body armor for use in the Judicial Center. Just a matter of time before those willing to do harm will try a Judicial Center.
July 17, 201610 yr The war on LEO's continue. Thankfully, thanks to a grant, we will be getting new weapons, tasers and body armor for use in the Judicial Center. Just a matter of time before those willing to do harm will try a Judicial Center. Think it happened recently in Michigan.
July 17, 201610 yr Think it happened recently in Michigan. That was done by an prisoner that wasn't cuffed and got a deputies weapon. I'm talking about someone who specifically targets the Judicial Center and comes in shooting. Dangerous times we a living in.
July 17, 201610 yr According to radio traffic played on Fox news, sounded like a possible ambush to me.
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