Bodycam video released in Meriden police shooting

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LEO drives up on dude smashing his fathers head in with a bat and engages. LEO is getting a lot of chit from the armchair types on the excessive misses. No doubt he missed X number of rnds, but people often absorb a handful of bullets before they even realize they have been shot if something critical is not struck. Not clear how many rnds crazy person with the bat took before his body responded and at what point in the shooting they hit the intended target. Having said that, those misses went into the house behind dude with the bat and that’s one golden rule broken there.

If I was to offer an opinion (vs criticize) from the safety of my office, it’s clear from his walking and shooting he has no training there as to shooting and moving. Had he stopped and gotten on his sites, he’d have made hit sooner and more often and ended the threat faster. Agreed?

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That dude wasn’t going to stop and drop unless his head exploded.

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9mm simply does not cut it as a duty round. My instagram feed will go on body cam benders and I can say without a sliver of doubt that the 9mm cartridge totally sucks ass at stopping threats. It’s a fucking joke.

A lot of 9mm shot will prove fatal EVENTUALLY, but the name of the game is stop an attack. I don’t know how long it will take LE to collectively pull their heads out of their asses and dump this gutless cartrige. It’s unbelievable at this point.