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[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 33 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

“Are you jonesing to fire 40mm less lethal rounds and gas munitions through windows, gables, cameras, and at fleeing suspects?” a sergeant wrote.

“How about tossing diversions (flash bangs) or launching gas cannisters with a shotgun launcher? Anyone want to shoot some pepperball into vehicles or basements or crawlspaces or the attics of houses to flush out hiding suspects?”

"We’ve responded to several dramaticand highly intense hostage situations during which our snipers have shot and killed the suspect, our entry members have shot and killed the suspect, and our entry members have been shot at and hit by the suspect (fortunately the rounds hit the shield they were holding!"

He sent the five-page pitch to the estimated 700 sworn members of the agency in mid-February to entice rank-and-file troopers to join the specialized tactical unit, he said.

Full email: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25972280-email-wm/

[–] pageflight@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Depraved. Not one mention of de-escalation, nothing but celebration for the bad people killed. Not that I expected to find it.

[–] swelter_spark@reddthat.com 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It doesn't even say the people killed were bad.

[–] peregrin5@lemm.ee 1 points 22 hours ago

Looks like VanMeter shot a 26 year old who wasn't even a suspect at his house last year.