Luis German Espinoza Acuna, age 17, is in custody after ambushing an Arizona State trooper Thursday morning in Phoenix. Authorities are searching for a second suspect in connection with the incident. [More]
And then there was L.A.
Where are we on the Goldfinger standard?
This whole ethnic fire drill was not exactly the Battle of the Mensa Candidates.
ReplyDeleteThe shooter's vehicle stops in front of the cops; the driver beeps twice ("look at me, cops,") then the shooter gets out and does his thing. Upon hearing return fire, the driver rabbits, leaving the shooter behind. Military precision.
Meanwhile, the cops broadcast a 12-hour duration "Blue Alert Warning" to every phone in a 50 mile radius with no specifics; instead telling people to get news from radio or TV. Way to use technology, boys!
By law, a "blue alert" is defined as "a program in which the department transmits information about a law enforcement officer who is killed, seriously injured, or missing in the line of duty." Note that the officers were shot at, but otherwise entirely unharmed.