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Originally Posted by bronco67
I think they went overboard for sure. Also, why do 100 cops aimlessly unload their clips at a single guy firing one shot from inside a boat? How about some discretion and tactics?
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Discretion and tactics.
Reportedly the police fired rubber bullets at some point when they had suspect #2 cornered in the boat. They also used infrared technology to note his movements, and made sure that he was not armed with an IED prior to taking him alive. They used a robotic device to remove the tarp, and then lobbed a diversionary device (reportedly tear gas/smoke), prior to having the suspect lift his shirt showing that he did not have an IED strapped on, before taking him into custody.
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Acting on a phone tip, Boston police surrounded a home on Franklin Street in Watertown around 6:00 p.m. The home’s owner called 911 to report seeing blood on a tarp covering a small boat in his back yard. Heavily armed SWAT members arrived on the scene minutes later and fired dummy bullets into the boat. Officers reported seeing the suspect moving in the boat during the standoff.
After FBI agents lobbed several flash bang devices into the yard, the suspect indicated he was ready to give up. Police took Tsarnaev into custody without incident at 9:05 p.m.
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They could have easily reduced that boat to toothpicks if the police objective was to execute the suspected Boston Marathon bomber, yet they used restraint, and ended the event without any additional civilian loss of life following the initial bombing (although at least one policeman was killed and another severely wounded).
In the end the police were able to take the suspect alive, something which I honestly did not expect.
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