# OK, negotiations are over now. (Wal-Mart hostage) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 3, 2013, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-negotiations-are-over-now-wal-mart-hostage/662567 "2013-07-03T17:32:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2013, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-negotiations-are-over-now-wal-mart-hostage/662567/1 "2013-07-03T17:32:17Z")
[Two-year-old taken hostage at Wal-Mart](http://www.today.com/news/mom-tot-taken-hostage-walmart-i-begged-her-life-6C10523331) I couldn’t help but laugh at this part of the article: > [@](#): > > Police said Wallace then started a 60-second countdown that the suspect warned would end up with him harming the child. > > That’s when police Capt. David Huff walked up to Wallace and shot him point-blank in the head. I haven’t watched any video, but I did see the picture of the squatting cop in front of Wallace. I just got this image of Wallace starting his countdown, and the cop just standing up and saying, ‘OK, negotiations are over now,’ and then popping him in the head. It’s like something that would happen on _Family Guy_. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2013, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-negotiations-are-over-now-wal-mart-hostage/662567/2 "2013-07-03T17:42:31Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > [Two-year-old taken hostage at Wal-Mart](http://www.today.com/news/mom-tot-taken-hostage-walmart-i-begged-her-life-6C10523331) > > I couldn’t help but laugh at this part of the article: > > I haven’t watched any video, but I did see the picture of the squatting cop in front of Wallace. I just got this image of Wallace starting his countdown, and the cop just standing up and saying, ‘OK, negotiations are over now,’ and then popping him in the head. It’s like something that would happen on _Family Guy_. Or [The Fifth Element.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hjmcg35Scvg) ---
**Author:** ![Moonlitherial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@Moonlitherial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonlitherial)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2013, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-negotiations-are-over-now-wal-mart-hostage/662567/3 "2013-07-03T17:59:30Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > [Two-year-old taken hostage at Wal-Mart](http://www.today.com/news/mom-tot-taken-hostage-walmart-i-begged-her-life-6C10523331) > > I couldn’t help but laugh at this part of the article: > > I haven’t watched any video, but I did see the picture of the squatting cop in front of Wallace. I just got this image of Wallace starting his countdown, and the cop just standing up and saying, ‘OK, negotiations are over now,’ and then popping him in the head. It’s like something that would happen on _Family Guy_. That’s pretty much exactly how the video goes. The guy on the chair never moves, I suspect based only on his reactions in the video that it was actually suicide by cop and the kid was just window dressing. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2013, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-negotiations-are-over-now-wal-mart-hostage/662567/4 "2013-07-03T18:07:27Z")
Jesus fuck balls Christ! ---
**Author:** ![Gagundathar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@Gagundathar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gagundathar)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2013, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-negotiations-are-over-now-wal-mart-hostage/662567/5 "2013-07-03T18:08:42Z")
We live a post-surreal world. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2013, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-negotiations-are-over-now-wal-mart-hostage/662567/6 "2013-07-03T18:20:16Z")
Well, I can see the cop’s reasoning–countdown to prevent harm to a kid = do something decisive to resolve the crisis. I guess brainensplatten fits the bill but…he couldn’t have just rapped him on the head with a nightstick, or walked up to the dude and said, “Safety kill–you have to let her go now.” I’d make a poor cop. ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2013, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-negotiations-are-over-now-wal-mart-hostage/662567/7 "2013-07-03T18:37:21Z")
> [@The Great Sun Jester](#): > > he couldn’t have just rapped him on the head with a nightstick, or walked up to the dude and said, “Safety kill–you have to let her go now.” My guess is that it’s because of the risk that the next sentence is, “then the hostage taker pulled the trigger.”