Saturday, October 31, 2020

Cop killer

 "Fighting rooster kills police officer in the Philippines during raid on cockfighting ring".

Ghastly. As I'm sure I've mentioned before, Old Paco's first arrest as a deputy sheriff was when he raided a cockfight. He was asked by a reporter how he singlehandedly managed to arrest the twenty or so people who attended. "I surrounded them", he replied.

6 comments:

Steve Skubinna said...

The femoral artery is no joke. You know, uh... the thing! In the leg! Where Joe Biden wants the cops to shoot people.

Paco said...

Absolutely correct. Not only is a policeman nearly as likely to kill a suspect by shooting him in the leg, if the suspect is holding a loaded gun in his hand, he still has time to fire it (even if he is mortally wounded). Biden doesn't seem to understand that the policeman's job is to stop the threat.

Steve Skubinna said...

A policeman's lot is not an 'appy one.

RebeccaH said...

There was a link to a video clip on one of the blogs (Instapundit? BearingArms? I don't remember) some time ago showing a man who was shot in the leg by a policeman. He died within minutes, right there on the video. So, don't shoot 'em in the leg, just do that other thing Genius Joe says to do, scare 'em off by shooting your shotgun off the balcony.

Spiny Norman said...

That was the infamous North Hollywood bank robbery shootout, wasn't it? One of the guys got shot in the thigh and bled out in "no man's land" because no one dared break cover while his buddy was still shooting (a full auto AK) at them.

Deborah said...

My condolences to the officer's family. I wonder if they will get the insurance money because while it was in the line of duty, the officers weren't there to arrest the chickens. I hope the family does, and that the rooster are rehomed to a barnyard, not a dinner plate.

So rather than shooting someone in the leg, just use a fighting rooster.