What a disgrace.
Total shit at their jobs.
I'd never work with these idiots. Keep in mind, they are looking for a terrorist bomber.
You're supposed to have one guy open the door, while everyone stands back. One guy takes aim at the crack in the door to make sure no one is behind it. The next guy comes in and confirms all line of sight is clear. It's a small room, but a three man "zipper" would have ensured they always had line of sight superiority going into the room.
That shelving is bad news, like refrigerators. If you come into a room and a refrigerator is sticking out from the wall, even if there is a countertop next to it, there is still a little space that an ambusher can lay in wait. The problem is that a guy hiding behind a refrigerator or shelves can hold the gun over the obstacle and shoot downward, essentially getting the drop on anyone coming in. Head shots.
Notice the guy isn't protecting his flank, at all, when he comes in the room, nor are his buddies. An ambusher could have easily shot him in the head, then had immediate superiority against the others that would attempt to come in behind top save their now dying friend.
Notice the second man in the door has a pistol out. Stupid. Then, he doesn't even check his left rear corner (the most likely place for an ambush).
The third and fourth idiots have made the fatal error of assuming idiot #1 and idiot #2 actually looked around the room. If this perpetrator had an automatic weapon, he would have been in a position where he had to shoot all of them, once they were all in the room and he would have won. Against four guys.
Long guns out. Lasers on. Scan all line of sight. It's really that simple and these guys do not belong in this job.
The video description said it's a fake. Real security footage of a team checking an empty room, super imposed bad guy trying to hide in a very wacky way.
Doesn't matter. They still cleared the room like idiots. They never checked the back corner.
At least that one dude held the the door for everyone and shut it.
NOT ONE of these incompetent dicks even bothered to check that corner, even after they were all in the room.
After a breach, and you've cleared that there are no immediate and visible threats, you go and poke around.
This was so common in Afghanistan. Go into a room, seems empty, about to clear it and move on.. then someone kicks a blanket on the floor and suddenly 4 sand nigger rats crawl out and try to run in every direction.
The third and fourth idiots have made the fatal error of assuming idiot #1 and idiot #2 actually looked around the room. If this perpetrator had an automatic weapon, he would have been in a position where he had to shoot all of them, once they were all in the room and he would have won. Against four guys.
I would argue that all the bad guy here needed was a pistol with about 15 rounds. Classic ambush tactic- allow the first 2 men to enter, then shoot the two in front. This will cause the others behind them to bunch up, and force them to either assault and push forward or retreat. Pushing forward under that circumstance is high-risk/high-reward: you could potentially end the fight and save your two wounded buddies. Or you could walk right into a bullet.
What's most disturbing, is that a significant number (perhaps a majority) of most police departments have a lot of former military men. Many have been deployed, some saw action- but they were all trained to clear rooms. Urban combat training was the major focus over the last few decades. They should know how to fucking check corners, they should know to check hiding spots, to poke things that look out-of-place (I'm talking in the US- poking strange objects in Iraq/Afghanistan is likely to get your balls blown off).
I would argue that all the bad guy here needed was a pistol with about 15 rounds.
I agree. A suspect with training? These transportation police wouldn't have stood a chance.
What happens in these undisciplined groups is they are easy to draw out and ruin their formation. Felling two men at the door also creates an immediate need to respond in a situation where tactical advantage is already long gone.
Without training, the last thing you want is a panicked thug with a gun feeling like he has no choice but to shoot. Sure, you'll "win" but at what cost?
The worst case scenario is someone with training, who is willing to die to take out a few guys. This is the inherent disadvantage that must always be protected from. Idiots with nothing left to lose are very, very dangerous in close quarters.
They should know how to fucking check corners, they should know to check hiding spots.
First person shooters have existed for long enough now, that even as the "old guy", I learned to play the corners in Goldeneye. The average American middle schooler is more tactically aware than these guys were.
Part of me wonders if this footage is a joke of sorts. Like are these cops in training, hunting a "suspect", and this hilarious moment was caught on camera?
It'd be much more chilling to know that these are "fully trained, professional" police officers hunting an extremely dangerous suspect. I assume he's believed to be dangerous because they're chasing him with rifles and in full gear. They don't usually chase down a guy who shoplifted or snatched a purse in this manner- they go after killers like this. And they're this inept.
What should have happened: J hook. First man breaches and makes a J shaped hook to his left, while a man is posted up at the doorway covering the far right corner of the room as a second man enters and perform a mirror of the J movement that the first man did. The the first two post up in safe positions as the rest of the team enters, and then begin a search with at least 2 men on lethal coverage for all 4 quarters of the room. Done this dozens of times. It almost becomes robotic. Maybe that's the problem- they're too used to it, so little details slip by them.
Unfortunately, in combat, little details get people killed. The smallest variable- a drop of water landing in your eye as you're pulling the trigger, a shift in the wind, you name it- could change a fight from a sure victory to an utter defeat.
Imagine how bad us armed forces will become without the forever war to create veterans
Cops are hired for low IQ. Just smart enough to remember some basic stuff, like how to make a report. These are actually the smarter ones. Sad, isn't it? Notice how on the way out they are not the least bit curious about the obvious human shape. No one even glances at it.
I remember years ago looking for a bitch who scammed me for some cash and I was so pissed I somehow got the apartment manager to let me in her apartment. (yes, I know, I couldn't believe he would do that but maybe I was acting scary?) looked all over and the manager was saying, "see, she's not here" while following me around. Located her in the closet with a pile of clothes and a blanket pretending to be laundry. It was so funny I laughed and made fun of her then walked out. Next month Richard Suff killed her and I saw her photo in the paper.
These dumbasses failed at grade school hide and seek, never mind basic military training or even standard police tactics.
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