75 Pittsburgh officers on leave after hourslong shootout and standoff during eviction attempt
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The suspect, William Hardison Sr., shot at deputies trying to serve an eviction notice, resulting in a standoff that lasted about 6½ hours.

    Details are still scant, but…

“I mean, he had a lot of ammunition in that house, and certainly … all of us were strapped, you know, with ammunition, and we were calling for additional ammunition,” Kraus said. “Like I said, we tried to give him every opportunity to come out.”

    …I’ll go way out on a limb and suggest that this could’ve been handled better.

    • SwedishFool@lemmy.world
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      10 months ago

      Absolutely, not knowing the situation however, it might’ve had to be delivered by a launcher if the door or windows themselves could not be reached on foot.

      I don’t know anything about their police, but considering the political climate regarding the “militarization” of the police force it’s not entirely impossible they don’t have said launchers. As such, safely deploying gas canisters might’ve been deemed impossible.

      • Doug Holland@lemmy.worldOP
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        10 months ago

        The police in every big- or even mid-size American city have tear gas and all the necessary equipment to use it.