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.

  • Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca
    601·
    10 months ago

    Why didn’t the cops just leave and then surprise arrest him two days later when he leaves for some groceries or something?

    Obviously he wasn’t a flight risk since he was literally in trouble for not wanting to leave. Did he have a hostage or something? Why was it time sensitive to arrest him that very day?

      • Franzia@lemmy.blahaj.zone
        6·
        10 months ago

        “we gave gim every opportunity to come out” (as he looks out the window to 6 dozen fucking police officers)

      • arbitrary@lemmy.world
        1336·
        10 months ago

        ‘hey, why didn’t police leave the guy alone during his illegal activities for some more days after letting him know that police is now involved and after noticing the high capability and willingness to use lethal force to sustain said illegal activities?’ ‘because they are all eeeeevilllll’

    • Mamertine@lemmy.world
      610·
      10 months ago

      The property owner has a right to use their property without that guy being there.

      An eviction is a court order. The sheriff’s office is usually required to evict. Each states laws are worded a little different.