Tue Aug 29, 2017 11:06 pm
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Wed Aug 30, 2017 4:44 am
Wed Aug 30, 2017 6:00 am
Wed Aug 30, 2017 6:21 am
usrifle wrote:I see what you did there Anzac....Shouldn't it read (almost) assaulted?
“That's when I heard his yelling getting closer to my back,” Barringer said. “We turned around and he was running right at us holding a pair of scissors above his shoulder like this. So that's when I drew my gun. He stopped about three or four feet away and backed off."
Wed Aug 30, 2017 10:17 am
usrifle wrote:I see what you did there Anzac....Shouldn't it read (almost) assaulted? So what's the rest of the story? People get assaulted down there all the time, is it news because it was the "Sheriff" himself?
Maybe the Sheriff should cleanup the area, isn't that the Job he's charged with doing? Oh wait, now that it involves him i bet something happens down there.
He has a plan now? Good. If he wanted to he could have put Deputies down there at anytime and done something about the problem in relatively short order.
Wed Aug 30, 2017 10:20 am
WaJim wrote:usrifle wrote:I see what you did there Anzac....Shouldn't it read (almost) assaulted?
Running toward an individual yelling with scissors over your head would clearly be classified as a assault.“That's when I heard his yelling getting closer to my back,” Barringer said. “We turned around and he was running right at us holding a pair of scissors above his shoulder like this. So that's when I drew my gun. He stopped about three or four feet away and backed off."
An potentially deadly assault that would merit a couple rounds to center mass...(my opinion)
Wed Aug 30, 2017 10:23 am
Alpine wrote:The Sheriff and his armed chief of staff called 911? Seriously?
Has Urquhart forgotten how to make arrests?
Wed Aug 30, 2017 11:07 am
Wed Aug 30, 2017 11:22 am
ANZAC wrote:These people have mental health issues, drug issues. This is societal issue we all own.
Wed Aug 30, 2017 12:38 pm
Alpine wrote:Urquhart loves to do TV spots/interviews with his uniform and kit on, I've talked to several former captains/contract-chiefs, even command staff should be armed and have at least one set of cuffs and/or zip ties along with their service weapon.
Doesn't matter if he has a radio or not. Call 911? HE IS 911. He should be calling for a car or paddy wagon after he's got the perp on the ground and restrained.
IIRC, Reichert, Rahr and Strachan all did "busts" as the sheriff.
Wed Aug 30, 2017 12:56 pm
ANZAC wrote:Alpine wrote:Urquhart loves to do TV spots/interviews with his uniform and kit on, I've talked to several former captains/contract-chiefs, even command staff should be armed and have at least one set of cuffs and/or zip ties along with their service weapon.
Doesn't matter if he has a radio or not. Call 911? HE IS 911. He should be calling for a car or paddy wagon after he's got the perp on the ground and restrained.
IIRC, Reichert, Rahr and Strachan all did "busts" as the sheriff.
So you don't think any officer has ever called for backup when a suspect takes off on foot?
Wed Aug 30, 2017 1:19 pm
And with the Seattle homeless population, and the soft Seattle democrats outlook. Antifa and BLM and everyone else would try to tar and feather the Sheriff for defending himself...or very least 3 days of peaceful (fires and looting) protests.ANZAC wrote:usrifle wrote:I see what you did there Anzac....Shouldn't it read (almost) assaulted? So what's the rest of the story? People get assaulted down there all the time, is it news because it was the "Sheriff" himself?
:)Maybe the Sheriff should cleanup the area, isn't that the Job he's charged with doing? Oh wait, now that it involves him i bet something happens down there.
First, SPD has jurisdiction in Seattle. Its their turf. But the situation is so bad, he's proposed an additional step of KCSO resources to patrol the area, because of the county staff/jurors etc inside the building.
But the police can't "clean this up". These people have mental health issues, drug issues. This is societal issue we all own. If anything, the Mayor owns it, because he's allowed this shit show to continue. Literally, shit show if you've been down there.He has a plan now? Good. If he wanted to he could have put Deputies down there at anytime and done something about the problem in relatively short order.
That's not true. Budget is still very tight --- adding more patrols in new areas is outside what the budget can stand. He's asked the council to approve the money. Otherwise he'd be taking deputies off patrol somewhere else. It is a zero sum game.
Sheriff made this plan after a juror was assaulted, not because he was threatened.
Wed Aug 30, 2017 1:35 pm
sigman226 wrote:And with the Seattle homeless population, and the soft Seattle democrats outlook. Antifa and BLM and everyone else would try to tar and feather the Sheriff for defending himself...or very least 3 days of peaceful (fires and looting) protests.
Wed Aug 30, 2017 4:05 pm
ANZAC wrote: This is societal issue we all own.