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** Said cameraman had the horrible luck of being in a group of men who in turn appeared to be with some who were actually armed while in a combat zone. When it appeared that the RPG/camera was being aimed, well, a tragic mistake happened. Fairly even-handed article [http://www.newsweek.com/2010/04/06/what-combat-looks-like.html here]. |
** Said cameraman had the horrible luck of being in a group of men who in turn appeared to be with some who were actually armed while in a combat zone. When it appeared that the RPG/camera was being aimed, well, a tragic mistake happened. Fairly even-handed article [http://www.newsweek.com/2010/04/06/what-combat-looks-like.html here]. |
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* "US Troops" where actually an Apache Helicopter gunning down civilians and possible hostiles from afar.And after killing everything in sight, it shredded to pieces a clearly weaponless minivan that stoped to...carry the wounded. And THEN the incoming armor, sent to secure the area passes over the bodies.This more like a case of [[Overkill]] than anything else. |
* "US Troops" where actually an Apache Helicopter gunning down civilians and possible hostiles from afar.And after killing everything in sight, it shredded to pieces a clearly weaponless minivan that stoped to...carry the wounded. And THEN the incoming armor, sent to secure the area passes over the bodies.This more like a case of [[Overkill]] than anything else. |
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* [[Averted]] in the [[w:Toronto van attack|Toronto van attack of 2018]]. The alleged<ref>As of August 2020, he has not yet had his day in court.</ref> perpetrator had killed ten people and injured others. When stopped by Toronto Police Service constable Ken Lam, the alleged perpetrator pulled something out of his pocket, repeatedly claimed it was a gun, and demanded the constable shoot him. Constable Lam recognized that the object was not a gun, holstered his own gun, and drew his baton, at which point the alleged perpetrator surrendered. |
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