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Originally Posted by dragoon500ly
Always had problems with the police overreaction to that incident...yes the guy had gone on a rampage...but all the cops had to do was get on the front slope of the tank...and pull both shots on the fire extinguishers that would dumped 20lbs of CO2 into the engine and turned off the fuel pumps as well. Once the tank hung up, by opening the left rearmost top grill door, they would have had access to the tank's steering linkage, a dozen turns with a 7/16 box would have left the guy unable to steer...then it would have been a matter of waiting him out...and in a tank in a California summer it wouldn't have been long before he gave up.
Instead, two cops pop the loaders hatch and blast the guy with a dozen 9mm...
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I agree with you once he was hung up and wasn't posing a threat they could have done something non-lethal like throw some CS gas in the tank. I mean it didn't look like he was going anywhere. Of course, this is if they had time to get some CS grenades from the armory. If he did break free again I could see shooting him though. A lot of what you discribed on how to stop it only someone with knowledge in armor would know. Your average joe would be thinking how the hell do I stop this thing.