# NY Cops shoot 9 people trying to kill bad guy. Reckless or not?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ny-cops-shoot-9-people-trying-to-kill-bad-guy-reckless-or-not/632725>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [August 26, 2012, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ny-cops-shoot-9-people-trying-to-kill-bad-guy-reckless-or-not/632725 "2012-08-26T16:04:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ny-cops-shoot-9-people-trying-to-kill-bad-guy-reckless-or-not/632725/81 "2012-08-28T20:47:47Z")

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> [@BlankSlate](#):
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> I wasn’t disageeing with you, just pointing out that several news outlets got the story wrong. It would have been pretty strange if Johnson had been hit five times in the head in those circumstances. The link I posted has been changed without correction.

I know. Its just bizarre that they got it that wrong when the very article they were headlining said something completely different.

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**Author:** ![Raguleader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@Raguleader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raguleader)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ny-cops-shoot-9-people-trying-to-kill-bad-guy-reckless-or-not/632725/82 "2012-08-28T20:57:43Z")

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> [@Loach](#):
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> I know. Its just bizarre that they got it that wrong when the very article they were headlining said something completely different.

Look man, you don’t know what it’s like to be a reporter, who has seconds to react before someone else gets the scoop first. Sometimes a few innocent bystanders get misquoted.

Sorry. 😃

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**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ny-cops-shoot-9-people-trying-to-kill-bad-guy-reckless-or-not/632725/83 "2012-08-28T21:35:20Z")

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> [@Raguleader](#):
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> Sometimes a few innocent bystanders get misquoted.

Ah, co-literal damage.

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**Author:** ![Raguleader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@Raguleader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raguleader)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2012, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ny-cops-shoot-9-people-trying-to-kill-bad-guy-reckless-or-not/632725/84 "2012-08-29T00:18:12Z")

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> [@Telemark](#):
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> Ah, co-literal damage.

That one hurt to read, but I am man enough to admit I deserved to suffer that pun.

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