08-27-2013, 07:54 PM
montana Wrote:I have many friends in Law enforcement and understand the confusing situations that can occur. Mistakes can happen to any of us, but trying to justify the shooting of a mother in the face while holding an infant is outrageous. There should have been serious consequences in that mistake with everyone involved ,yet no accountability occurred. If memory doesn't fail me I believe I remember a Denver swat team leader who refused to give the orders to shoot on sight to his men when he was instructed to do so at Ruby Ridge. Common sense and morality is the responsibility of every individual no matter who gives an order. At the end of the day everyone should be held accountable for their actions.
Thanks for the update LRRPF52,
Yup. The Denver SWAT Commander immediately recognized that the ROE was totally insane, and refused to follow such blatantly-unconstitutional orders. He went home with a conscience, as did his men. If you read Chris Whitcomb's book, he clearly recognized that the ROE they received was BS, but he deferred to the group of senior HRT "operators", and they knowingly accepted and executed that horrendous ROE, leading to the continued loss of life of innocents.