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Details still emerging in an officer-involved shooting

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A witness recounted: "She Danja continued: 'They got her in handcuffs while they shot her y'all.' She said she was originally from Louisiana and Arkansas and was just visiting the city.

She continued: 'I stopped here to get some gas, y'all, and my son just watched this. My one-year-old son just watched this. My 10-year-old son just watched this. And my 13-year-old son just watched this.

'She was fixing to cooperate. She got scared, she ran down there, they shot her. She ran and they shot at her one, two, three, four.'



"She Danja (pictured) was quickly asked to move on by the officers but hit back that her sons were still in the store getting ice cream"



Developing...

How will dancers at strip joints get tips :confused:

Looks like a space hurricane.

"After impounding the vehicle, officers said they found a stolen gun hidden above the sun roof cover in the car."

That should be the biggest offense.

I've heard that some prosecutors are more interested in plea deals to keep their conviction rate at 100%. They then use that as political evidence they are tough on crime when they run for higher office. Don't know any of the parties involved, so can't say that is a factor or not. Sure does seem like there are an awful lot of repeat offenders, particularly felons in possession.

One would think a felon would avoid a gun like kryptonite. Unless they feel the odds of then getting caught and convicted again are low. Or they just don't think ahead to consequences for actions.

Most if not all of those guns would have gone into circulation for more crime. So 32 stolen guns could arguably end up in an equal or greater number of crimes. Possibly including a murder or two, depending on which city they get sold in. I don't know the percentage of crimes committed with legal vs. stolen guns, but I seem to recall the stolen gun percentage was pretty high. So firearm theft is more than just stolen property. It's probably future crime (which is a kind of Orwellian, if one thinks of precrime) but facts support stolen guns being highly involved with subsequent actual offenses. So I think mandatory, non-negotiable minimum sentences for firearm theft is worth considering. Especially in the case of multiple firearm heists. I'd say 2-5 years minimum, adding 5 for each additional gun.

If the cops hadn't got lucky and spotted the perp vehicle driving away from the scene, most if not all of those would be out in the hands of other criminals. Would be nice if the media made a big deal out of it: "steal a gun to to jail, and here's 4 losers that are headed for the pokey"

"four men have been sentenced for their involvement in the theft of 32 firearms from a gun dealer in Maurice, Louisiana"

They got sentences of 14 to 120 months.

With overcrowding and early release programs, who knows how much time they'll actually serve. Not to mention appeals because this was doubtless their first brush with the law ever.

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"All four of the men admitted to their involvement in stealing 32 firearms from the premises of Swampland Trading Co., a licensed firearms dealer located in Maurice, Louisiana, on September 7, 2021"

Figured robbing a gun store would have automatically had stiffer minimum penalties.

He needed an hour of rehab in the air conditioned command trailer by the time he jogged the 50 yds to the perimeter. Glow-sticks at the ready too.


Channeling the Airsoft kid, but with a sweet pension as his goal instead of defeating some enemy.

Wait till they start digging on the violence prevention AI software the school district was using...

Grandpa claims he knew nothing of the guns because he was a felon and not allowed to have any guns where he lived.

Any word on the shooter's father? Divorced, dead, mia?

Even in large cities the chief of police is almost always a political animal/appointee. There may be extremely capable officers in the swat teams, but they don't usually call the shots. Not unlike the military.

Look at the Chicago police chiefs. They have all been appointed by the increasingly incompetent mayors. They are largely despised by the rank and file. In major events, the big cheese or one of his/her/they/thems appointed henchmen/women/persons will be in charge. That means in the incident command world, control gets transferred until it's some big kahuna running the show. If you act outside of orders you get fired/demoted. Which should have been worth 8t in this case. But it's easier to go with the flow, not make waves, stay safe, go home alive, and put in 20 for that sweet pension and a gig at another department. The BORTAC dudes, who are legit hard-core, ended the bureaucratic stasis.

It's the whole ICS mindset, bring in the $750,000 command trailer and have meetings before acting.

It was supposed to have changed after Columbine. Clearly it hasn't.

btw, does anyone have a list of all the agencies that were there, and when they arrived? It's often easiest "safest" to delay action until command can be transferred to the next bigger fish.