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[–] RandAlThor@lemmy.ca 19 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Bruh are you serious? 75 officers?!

[–] jarfil 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

But it was 6.5 hours, so just slightly over 11 officers per hour. Maybe they took turns?... or they had a shift change in the middle, so that would be two shifts.

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago

Or maybe they just have nothing better to do.

[–] athos77@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago

Well, even with spare rounds in the trunk, they can only carry so much ammunition before they run out.

I feel incredibly sorry for any pets in the neighborhood :(

[–] autotldr@lemmings.world 5 points 1 year ago

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Click here to see the summaryAt least 75 local law enforcement officers are being placed on leave in Pittsburgh after firing their weapons in an hourslong standoff with a man who shot at sheriff's deputies when they went to serve an eviction notice.

Deputies had gone to serve the notice in the city’s Garfield neighborhood when the man “turned violent and began shooting,” the Allegheny County Sheriff’s Office said Wednesday.

"We were aware of the actor's disdain for government when we went to serve the eviction notice which is why we had extra deputies on the detail," Manko said in an emailed statement Friday.

"The incident started out as an eviction, yes, but quickly turned into an attempted homicide of law enforcement officers within seconds of them going through the door," Lt. Adam Reed said.

Pittsburgh Public Safety Director Lee Schmidt said in a news release that he would ensure employees and community members are "afforded all of the services they need to help process what they have witnessed."

“Our Public Safety personnel — a family — the community of Garfield, and indeed the entire City of Pittsburgh, suffered a collective trauma today in experiencing this unfortunate incident," Schmidt said.


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