NYC is really a fvcked up city.
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If that happened in Baghdad, Garvin would have been labeled a foreign insurgent from Syria.
If that happened in LA it would have been gang related. Portland it would have been meth related and in Kentucky it would have been spurred on by a 36 hour drinking binge of miller light and the guys girlfriend sleeping with his cousin mert.
why were the poor cops unarmed?
Auxillary cops in NYC apparently are always unarmed. From how I understand it, they are like a neighborhood patrol. They call in on their radio if they see something going on and the NYPD responds.
Seems pretty asanine that uniformed officials (aux. cops) aren't armed in any way. Even a tazer or something like that would have at least given these guys a fighting chance against this lunatic.
I dunno about that dude. When you have a lunatic ex-marine running around with an arsenal of weapons, a bodycount of 2 probably is about as low as you could hope for.
Body count was 3. He shot someone else in the back before he went after the cops. At least that's what I read in a separate article.
Probably would have been no help, but considering the video shows him basically just walking up to the guys (who had no recourse but to try and hide behind parked vehicles) and essentially executed them, every little bit would have helped.
Either way, it's a really f'ed up situation. When the guy tried to shoot it out with the NYPD, that's a bad sign.
He shot a bartender 15 times, then went outside where the reserve officers followed him.
Reserve officers can wear a vest, but they have to buy it themselves.
Reserve officers can wear a vest, but they have to buy it themselves.
They aren't even issued any kind of body armour?
Jesus, you've got to be kidding me. Wonder how many people will actually apply for this job from now on...
Kind of takes the thrill out of being Barney Fife, doesn't it.
At least Barney got to carry bullets in his front pocket.
I haven't heard too many stories about 2 unarmed cops being executed by a crazy ex-marine in a while.
The title stands alone without a story. NYC really is a f@cked up city.
welll... now we know what to do with all those testosterone laden 20 somethings that are convinced they are going to be heroes someday, if only the bad guy just appeared... and all they had was a toothpick to defend themselves..
I think that's where auxiliary cops come from.
why tf would you sign up for that otherwise?
I think that's where auxiliary cops come from.
why tf would you sign up for that otherwise?
I ask the same thing. I wonder if it's something you do to get a shot at going to the police academy or something.
Tragic nonetheless.
I think the answer is obvious here. BAN MARINES.