Sometimes the police do get it right, and very right at that..

Well it appears that the police officers, who fired the shots that killed cop killer suspect Angilo Freeland, fired 110 shots at him, striking him 68 times. The Polk County sheriff does not seem all that concerned as per the article Florida Police Shot Suspected Cop Killer 68 Times @ http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,216898,00.html

Here is a quote from the article:

“ Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said he was not concerned by the number of shots fired.
"You have to understand, he had already shot and killed a deputy, he had already shot and killed a K-9 and he shot and injured another deputy," Judd said by phone Saturday. "Quite frankly, we weren't taking any chances." “

Though I have to say that the next statement by Judd was rather irresponsible, and could wind up causing quite an investigation if the officers agree this is why they fired 110 rounds:

"I suspect the only reason 110 rounds was all that was fired was that's all the ammunition they had," Judd said. "We were not going to take any chance of him shooting back."

It possibly was a silly thing to say; but I understand the sentiment behind it. You see it may have been a foolish thing to say because the police, like anyone else, usually are allowed only to fire until the threat stops (though this could be different in FL). A total of 110 rounds fired by 10 officers (this is how many the article reports had surrounded the suspect) is 11 rounds each. First of all, if they all fired, then they likely had more than 110 rounds between them in their weapons. Even if it was all they had, that does not matter so long as they fired to stop, and not to kill. Firing to kill would quite likely wind them up in big legal trouble, but then again maybe Florida law allows for such; most states do not. Hopefully I am worried about nothing. I believe they were justified to fire, to get this guy to stop. If it took 110 rounds before they reasonably thought he had stopped, and if it took killing the suspect to get him to stop, well then tough noogies for the alleged cop killer. I guess he should not allegedly have: killed a cop, wounded another, killed the K-9 dog; and then he should not allegedly have pointed a pistol at the SWAT team members.

Sometimes the police do get it right. It is nice to see, as far as my opinion goes, that this dirtbag did not live. There is not too much more I can say on this one except I think it was a good shooting, sort of a public service. Now we will not be involved in years of criminal proceedings against the suspect, he will not be in jail for years on the tax dollar and so forth, and those sharks commonly referred to as lawyers will not be making millions off of the tax payer to defend this guy. Yet I do think the officers could use a little practice; I mean their having missed with 42 shots, but then there is the pucker factor.

All the best,
Glenn B