The funniest story of the day is about the “alleged” cop killer who was shot “many, many times” by police after they found him hiding in the woods. He reportedly had a gun in his hand and didn’t surrender properly.
I’m not suggesting that anything inappropriate happened. But it is an interesting coincidence that alleged cop killers are so often reportedly found with guns in their hands. As a tax payer, I appreciate the judicial savings.
The second funny part is a quote I read that came from one of the police. I can’t relocate that news report now, but the gist of it was that the reason they shot him 85 times (or something like that) is because “That’s all the bullets we had.”
All of this makes me wonder how much fun it is to shoot some a$$hole who desperately deserves it. I’m not suggesting that all of the police enjoyed shooting him, but it’s a fair bet that a few would pay money to do it again. I will go so far as to guess that at least one of the cops had this thought: “Dang! Those other guys shot all of his good parts before I could squeeze off my eighth round!”
Generally speaking, the down side of shooting people is that it’s illegal, or you have some sympathy for the shootee and it takes away a lot of the fun. But shooting a cop killer who has a gun in his hand (or a flashlight or wallet or acorn) is guilt-free entertainment, especially if you don’t have to pay for your own bullets.
I wonder how hard it was for the cops who enjoyed it the most to act as if it was all in a day’s work. You know that all of their friends and family members had to ask them about it. The SWAT guys probably said something like “I just can’t talk about it. It was horrible. Say, who’s up for some bowling?”