Tragic event in NY

[Adam Helmer]

Joe,

Good thread! I did not see where the distance between the two cops and Johnson was specified. I am not surprised that nine bystanders were hit by the two cops who fired 7 and 9 rounds, per my newspaper. Seven bullets hit Johnson and, thus, nine rounds hit "Friendlies" as we say in the Police Firearms Training scenarios.

My newspaper also said that in routine police shootings, "five rounds are fired regardless of distance from cop to cadaver." Most cops do not practice with their duty firearm and are not proficient; they qualify twice per year, most MINIMALLY, and in the stress of an armed confrontation they engage in "Spray and Pray." Hence, Nine wounded citizens.

Adam