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 > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20130511/c488ba27/attachment.html>