[Ammi]

..there are a few things that I find disturbing with this..obviously as has been said, it's that there was no assessing of the situation, the car doors were closed and the windows blackened so there was no evidence of any threat because nothing inside the car could be seen...no shots had to be fired, he could have held back and kept himself safe and only advanced if a threat came from inside the car...also, I think that it's good and right, the level of compensation from the state that Jacob Grant got but what if the shots hadn't hit him and hit one of the people who were surrendering....(and this must be true that they indeed were because it's what Jacob has said..)...it would be no less an 'unlawful shooting' imo but because they had been involved in criminal activities, I think that's what they (and the incident..)..would have been judged on, that they were 'criminals anyway' so the shots were 'understandable'....I just can't see it being judged in the same way and feel that the compensation was awarded in the extent because it was another police officer....


..another thing that I find worrying is as Girth has said, Greg Brachle was not a rookie cop, he was a Lieutenant and very experienced but the 'hysteria' in his voice is very evident...the Albuquerque Police Department have listed some things that they will enforce because of this they have said and yet, they were all things that were enforced anyway so far as I can see...I mean they would all be pretty 'standard' things that would be expected from a police officer and especially one who carries a loaded gun....so maybe there are huge flaws in (some..)..police departments in general..?....hmmmmm...interesting that there was rioting in the streets in 2014 because of the amount of 'shoot to kills' that had been employed by this police department, so something that has obviously been noted and caused concern...