Napier Shooting
I am quite busy this month so I expect more time between updates in this blog. However, I still had enough time to watch the incident in Napier unfold.
Unlike a lot of backseat drivers who have never been to the site, I have no problem with how the police handled the inccident. It is more than obvious that police wanted the gunman Jan Molenaar alive, otherwise AOS would storm the house before we know it. Unlike the Aramoana massacre, Molenaar snapped, but he poses no immediate threat to the public, therefore it's best to talk it out rather than end it with another life lost and put the Police in further danger.
The real problem of this tragedy, I think is the internal police procedures. I still prefer the polic to not carry any guns in daily patrols, but this incident was to carry out a search warrent, but the police failed to foresee the danger of such activity so failed to carry guns. It's the police authority failed to protect the safety of police force.
This was also the case in the death of Don Wilkinson. His fate was sealed when they decided not to carry guns.
Oh, yes, it was so frustrating reading those internet tough guys and their nonsense about storming the place and killing him. Want to bet that had they or any of their close friends or family been involved and the police had stormed the house and killed him, they'd be the first to complain about the police overreacting?