A Day in the Life of an Old Rookie(9) CombatQuals by Metonicus
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Thursday January 20th, 2005
This morning we met at the range and completed our Combat Qualifications. The same course of fire that I described yesterday with the odd targets in different places. We all passed. No hostages died.
In the afternoon we practiced sighting, tightening our groups, and firing faster. We also practiced covering each other while reloading and reloading with a half empty mag so that the next engagement is with a full magazine.
Tommorrow we are going to the SWAT range for instruction and qualification with the AR-15 and shotgun. That should be fun.
We've watched a few videotapes of officer involved shooting incidents. One particularly stood out.... it lasts forever and it's very sad to watch. A young officer was killed while trying to be nice to a guy. It's funny. The news will put Rodney King on TV over and over for years, but this tape has never been mentioned once. Rodney King servived and still gets arrested several times a year. This officer was shot several times and the guy who killed him reloaded and shot him more. The officer can be heard screaming the whole time. Then the guy just sights in and shoots him in the head. There was about 20 seconds from when the officer would have had a justified shot and he didn't until the suspect was already firing on him. For nothing. He just stopped him for a traffic violation.
Comments (3)
TallPockets
Excellent, continuing description of your days. Sadly, we do seem to hear about the one bad cop and not all the good ones. Both should be told about, equally, imho.
experimental
We hear about the "bad" cops because that's not what we expect out of our police force. That is really sad what happened, but I wish you good luck with the AR-15, sounds like a 'blast'.
Shardz
Stories like this make me respect the law even more, and make me realize why things are the way they are today. I have not been pulled over for anything in about 16 years (knock on wood), but when I was, I made sure I followed all the rules. 1) Pull over in a safe and timely manner 2) Don't do anything but roll down your window when the officer approaches 3) Keep your hands on the wheel as you talk with them 4) When asked for documents, always tell them where they are and ask if you can reach them 5) Don't be an idiot! Some basic fundamentals for good guys, but what rule set for the bad guys consists of depends what is contained within the police handbooks. As far as Rodney King is concerned, he is a running joke in LA and sets a wonderful example for those who don't wish to follow rules. I'm starting to think that he likes the free meals and the company in jail...although, he doesn't seem to serve much time there. People like myself and my friends are shocked when and if we get pulled over and fined, but King represents a new hybrid of 'stupid' that compulses me to the verge of either laughter or something I should not mention here. Perhaps him and OJ can get a place together and make a complete mockery of California law! We could even tape it and make it a TV show like the Osbornes! After all, it is California, and nobody loves more than to watch idiots on TV breaking laws and putting the general public at risk. I worked in a trauma center for 7 years in radiology...I have seen everything come in as I served on the trauma team a great deal. I have seen first hand the desperation, stupidity, and disregard for all things good. It saddens me to understand that this world is not getting any more friendly and that innocent people are taken from this world from the grasp of ignorant, evil, selfish, individuals that you and I would love to see fry on a table from lethal injection. Speaking of death sentence, California is known for it's longest inhabintants on death row in the country...not even engaging the posibility within 20 years, meanwhile charging taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars per instance to keep some convicted creep alive that would take 2 minutes and a 75 cent slug to the head to resolve. Funny how this could be considering California has the "Terminator" as governor now in charge. Perhaps lobbyists should be banned from all government buildings and all lawyers limited to 150 words per court appearance. Perhaps judges shouldn't accept kickbacks and bribes from local media and illegal organizations. Perhaps we should simply tear it all down and start again and call it New America. Even better.