Weston White
05-23-2013, 07:01 AM
“Rebello, a Hofstra junior studying public relations, and suspect Dalton Smith, 30, were both shot and killed as he was trying to back away from police with a gun to her head, police said.
An officer fired eight rounds, seven of which hit the suspect and one that hit Rebello in the head, police said.”
So two Nassau County police officers turned an armed home invasion with at least one hostage remaining (from a total of three female adults and per one news article one male adult—all young college students, two were twin sisters, with one being killed during the incident) into a double homicide (being that the suspect, while waiting for the other twin to return with cash from a nearby ATM within a time-frame of 8-minutes (and while doing so had apparently called 911 and then never returned back to the house, at least until after police had arrived), permitted a second female to leave from the house when police came knocking to tell them that everything was alright inside the house). Adding even further insult to this tragedy, during a subsequent press conference the president of a New York police union blamed the death of the twin (Andrea Rebello, 21) on the dead suspect (a wanted violent parolee Dalton Smith, 30).
But hey, in light of everything at least the offending—trigger-happy—officer is “highly decorated”, by the way, did I mention that the NYPD officer was a very highly decorated one? In fact that officer is so highly decorated they are required to remain ANONYMOUS.
Perhaps, this is worthy of new “backroom” law enforcement jargon such as: ‘New York Standoff’ — When one or more law enforcement officers arrive on the scene of an armed hostage situation—namely without any backup to establish a perimeter—and hastily makes the proxy-decision to terminate the lives of the suspect's hostage(s) (or bargaining chips) for him/her, thereby permitting the officer to focus entirely on taking out the armed perpetrator without having to worry any further distractions; such as any undue loss of life or unintended collateral damage. All subsequent blame pertaining to New York Standoffs will then be placed solidly upon the now deceased suspect.
Hofstra Student in Home Invasion Was Killed by Police Gunshot: Officials (http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Hofstra-University-Student-Killed-Shot-Andrea-Rebello-Long-Island-207993511.html)
Hofstra student shot in home robbery was killed by police, officials say (http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/05/18/18343428-hofstra-student-shot-in-home-robbery-was-killed-by-police-officials-say?lite)
Mourners question accidental police shooting of Hofstra student; family 'beyond devastated' (http://www.foxnews.com/weather/2013/05/21/mourners-question-accidental-police-shooting-hofstra-student-family-beyond/)
Police Accidentally Shoot Hofstra Student in Deadly Hostage Situation (http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/video/police-accidentally-shoot-hofstra-student-deadly-hostage-situation-19213389)
An officer fired eight rounds, seven of which hit the suspect and one that hit Rebello in the head, police said.”
So two Nassau County police officers turned an armed home invasion with at least one hostage remaining (from a total of three female adults and per one news article one male adult—all young college students, two were twin sisters, with one being killed during the incident) into a double homicide (being that the suspect, while waiting for the other twin to return with cash from a nearby ATM within a time-frame of 8-minutes (and while doing so had apparently called 911 and then never returned back to the house, at least until after police had arrived), permitted a second female to leave from the house when police came knocking to tell them that everything was alright inside the house). Adding even further insult to this tragedy, during a subsequent press conference the president of a New York police union blamed the death of the twin (Andrea Rebello, 21) on the dead suspect (a wanted violent parolee Dalton Smith, 30).
But hey, in light of everything at least the offending—trigger-happy—officer is “highly decorated”, by the way, did I mention that the NYPD officer was a very highly decorated one? In fact that officer is so highly decorated they are required to remain ANONYMOUS.
Perhaps, this is worthy of new “backroom” law enforcement jargon such as: ‘New York Standoff’ — When one or more law enforcement officers arrive on the scene of an armed hostage situation—namely without any backup to establish a perimeter—and hastily makes the proxy-decision to terminate the lives of the suspect's hostage(s) (or bargaining chips) for him/her, thereby permitting the officer to focus entirely on taking out the armed perpetrator without having to worry any further distractions; such as any undue loss of life or unintended collateral damage. All subsequent blame pertaining to New York Standoffs will then be placed solidly upon the now deceased suspect.
Hofstra Student in Home Invasion Was Killed by Police Gunshot: Officials (http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Hofstra-University-Student-Killed-Shot-Andrea-Rebello-Long-Island-207993511.html)
Hofstra student shot in home robbery was killed by police, officials say (http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/05/18/18343428-hofstra-student-shot-in-home-robbery-was-killed-by-police-officials-say?lite)
Mourners question accidental police shooting of Hofstra student; family 'beyond devastated' (http://www.foxnews.com/weather/2013/05/21/mourners-question-accidental-police-shooting-hofstra-student-family-beyond/)
Police Accidentally Shoot Hofstra Student in Deadly Hostage Situation (http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/video/police-accidentally-shoot-hofstra-student-deadly-hostage-situation-19213389)