There are not a whole bunch of places for you to go, now,” said the chief. “The temperament of the crowd is a little different. Clements said an element of that may be related to the death of George Floyd and the sometimes violent protests nationwide that followed. He said often when an officer makes an arrest, crowds of people will circle the police and challenge the detainment. history began to unfold, an off-duty police officer working at a gay nightclub exchanged gunfire with the suspect. Nashville SWAT team arrested Devaunte Hill, 21, early Friday for the killing of Caitlyn.
He said Saturday night’s incident would be reviewed internally.Ĭlements also said the crowds seem to be rowdier than in past years and more threatening to police. As the largest mass shooting in modern U.S. Man, 21, is arrested by SWAT team for shooting dead COVID nurse, 26, as she drove to work in Nashville. “There has to be an element there of either the crowd fighting or coming at officers.” “I think officers felt threatened at the time,” the chief said. He said police wouldn’t fire the pepper balls simply to break up a crowd of people. Authorities on Monday released transcripts of calls Mateen made to law enforcement during the massacre, creating the clearest official timeline yet of. Miami Beach Police Chief Richard Clements, speaking to the Miami Herald specifically about the scenes Saturday night, said his officers fired the tear gas only as the crowd began to surge toward them. Officials on Monday said Omar Mateen, the gunman who killed 49 people in an attack on a gay Orlando nightclub on June 12, did not fire a shot for almost three hours after his initial rampage. Visuals of the smoke and visitors racing away in different directions and of police firing the irritant with long guns formed a particularly ugly picture for city leaders during a busy time at one of world’s top tourist meccas. after a large crowd gathered on 8th Street and Ocean Drive. In one instance that is making the rounds on social media, police used the chemical on Saturday night at about 9 p.m. Essentially they are balls that are fired at the ground and emit tear gas, forcing people within a certain distance to move to avoid the eye irritant. Miami Beach police have used pepper balls to break up crowds of tourists several times since the start of Spring Break about six weeks ago. #miamibeachspringbreak on assignment for /Fx3e4wGKaE- francisco alvarado Ma‘I think officers felt threatened at the time’ Neither is the fact that the SWAT team at the Pulse nightclub waited three hours after arriving on scene before entering the facility and dispatching the killer. This I know as a SIG SAUER Active Shooting Response trainer. A few minutes before the 9 pm curfew, a young man began making it rain and then police fired pepper balls, creating a stampede. After the Columbine massacre, SWAT strategy shifted from permitter defense to immediate response.