Life imitating art: "377 rounds fired"


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http://miami.cbslocal.com/2014/05/06/police-shooting-frenzy-raises-concerns/

 

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MIAMI (CBSMiami) – On December 10, more than two dozen police officers from across Miami Dade County converged on a blue Volvo that had crashed in the backyard of a townhouse on 65th Street just off 27th Avenue.

 

 

 

 

 

As the car was wedged helplessly between a light pole and a tree, nearly a minute passed before officers opened up – firing approximately 50 bullets at the car and the two unarmed men inside the vehicle.

 

The two men inside the car survived that initial volley of gunfire, according to witnesses, who said they could see the men moving inside the Volvo. Everything went quiet for nearly two minutes before the officers opened up a second time – unleashing an unrelenting torrent of bullets that lasted almost 25 seconds. By the time it was over, the two men inside the car were dead.

CBS4 News has learned a total of 23 officers fired a total of at least 377 rounds.

Bullets were sprayed everywhere. They hit the Volvo, other cars in the lot, fence posts and neighboring businesses. They blasted holes in a townhouse where a 12-year-old dove to the ground for cover and a four month old slept in his crib.

“It was like the Wild Wild West, man, crazy,†said Anthony Vandiver, who barely made it through the back door of his home before the gunfire erupted. “Shooting just wild; shooting all over the place. Bullets could have come through the window. Anything could have happened man. They weren’t thinking, they weren’t thinking at all.â€

 

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sounds like what happened up here in watertown when they had one of the bombers cornered in a boat, something like 200 some rounds of full auto SMG fire spread all over the place

 

like this come to life

 

 

worst part was, everyone was cool with it and patting them on the back about it

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This incident brings to mind the scene in Bonnie & Clyde, and also Sonny in the Godfather.

These big, bad cops couldn't give the men in the Volvo the option of coming out with their hands up?  :thumbsdown:

 

Crockett & Tubbs would have done the right thing!  :p  :thumbsup:

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