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Who Gave That Idiot A Gun?
Jun. 9th, 2015 10:05 amAs you may have heard, over the weekend in Texas a pool party got a bit out of hand, and the police were called. A police sergeant ended up pulling his gun at various attendees. This was after said sergeant (literally) ran around like a chicken with his head cut off, screaming, swearing and issuing contradictory orders to the other attendees. Having watched the video, his actions were textbook for how to thoroughly fuck up a situation.
Reminder, kids:
1) Never point a gun at somebody you're not prepared to kill.
2) You really should try to de-escalate a situation.
3) Keep calm.
ETA: Like this guy said.
ETA, Much Later: In fairness to the officer in question, I should note that I don't know if this was an aberration caused by some personal issue or standard operating procedure. Unfortunately, (says the IT guy who once crashed two servers in one week) sometimes we get zapped for even aberrant behavior.
Reminder, kids:
1) Never point a gun at somebody you're not prepared to kill.
2) You really should try to de-escalate a situation.
3) Keep calm.
ETA: Like this guy said.
ETA, Much Later: In fairness to the officer in question, I should note that I don't know if this was an aberration caused by some personal issue or standard operating procedure. Unfortunately, (says the IT guy who once crashed two servers in one week) sometimes we get zapped for even aberrant behavior.