JUST THAT FAST: Videotaped Hammer Attack On Cop Shows Just How Fast Deadly Force Incidents Happen

By Bob Owens

Most critics of the use of deadly force by law enforcement officers are truly naive souls who simply don’t know any better. Their knowledge of “violence” comes from reading novels, watching television or the movies, or perhaps from remembering schoolyard fights.

But real, life-or-death conflicts aren’t foreshadowed by an ominous change in music, witty repartee, or trash-talking. In many instances, the first clue that a person may have that another person is trying to kill them is when the attack itself commences without any warning at all.

We got a glimpse of that today, as David Baril, the mentally ill suspect in a string of vicious hammer attacks in New York City, turned and attacked a female NYPD officer. Baril likely only stopped because the officer’s partner immediately drew his service weapon and was able to shoot Baril from just feet away.

Remarkably, a nearby surveillance camera capture the entire event as it unfolded… in less than five seconds.

Not exactly sure what you just witnessed?

Let’s break it down for you.

The officers had been tracking the suspect and were about to attempt to take him into custody when the suspect (centered, below) pulled the claw hammer from his …read more

Source:: Bearing Arms