Afterwards I felt a little bad that I had called the cops and the whole thing escalated, but then I thought a minute and realized that I did not feel all that bad.
Nice.
brad cook
Afterwards I felt a little bad that I had called the cops and the whole thing escalated, but then I thought a minute and realized that I did not feel all that bad.
suppose you looked out your window and saw me in my back yard with my pump pellet rifle, shooting into a trap. would you ask me to stop?
i'm taking shots at a light pole about 30 yards away...
Today's young hooligans are tomorrow's leftist extremists.
In less then 5 minutes my street is all over cops. The cars are lined up and the officers are behind their cars with guns drawn. One guy gets on the loud speaker and orders them to put the guns on the ground and then lay down on the ground. The kids are laughing and think this is a joke. Then it sinks in. One kid puts his gun on the ground and lays down the other kid is still mouthing off and walking forward with the gun still in his hand. The guy on the loud speaker keeps repeating the same commands, but with increasing intensity. Finally the other kid gets it and complies. All the cops come running up on them and the kids get cuffed. There is some brief discussion which I cannot hear and the kids are placed in squad cars.
A taser or those silly string guns that shoot goo onto a person that restricts their movement probably would have been better solutions however, every police department probably doesn't have that equipment available to them.
oh come on, no need to hammar ona group of people. you dont like being sterotyped as a right wing Uber Christian KKK member because you like shooting do you? Well people like me who ARE left wing libs dont enjoy being sterotyped as hooligans just because we believe in workers rights and fair wages. lets be kind shall we?I'd have called the police. Today's young hooligans are tomorrow's leftist extremists.
Paintballs hurt and can even do damage.
It sounds like the cops dramatically overreacted,