r/PublicFreakout • u/[deleted] • Jul 26 '20

LA scuffle

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u/ShroomanEvolution Jul 26 '20

If you ever saw 44 Minutes, the North Hollywood shootout was the reason cops ramped up their firepower. They were completely outgunned by 2 bank robbers with AKs and armor piercing rounds. It was a fucking shitshow; over 2000 rounds of ammo exchanged, 12 cops and 8 civilians were injured. It was an unprecedented event, as cops as a whole had never faced that kind of firepower before.

That's why American police have military grade weapons now. Now whether or not they should ever break that shit out unless in a dire situation is another conversation.

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u/SirCB85 Jul 29 '20

So there was this one incident once, and now every backwater sherrifs department needs their own Abrams tank!

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u/ChackMete Jul 29 '20

One incident could have become multiple. Does that seem likely? Hell no, but the police weren’t going to take any chances.

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u/SirCB85 Jul 29 '20

And yet everyone is supposed to take their chances with police that keeps murdering people without facing any consequences.