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Ichingcarpenter

(36,988 posts) Sun Sep 28, 2014, 03:11 AM Sep 2014

U.S. Soldier Shot Twice(in the legs) by German Cops After Oktoberfest Rampage –

U.S. Soldier Shot Twice by German Cops After Oktoberfest Rampage

MAINZ, Germany – An American soldier was shot twice by German police after drunkenly rampaging through a hospital with a fire extinguisher, officials said. The 28-year-old serviceman had been brought to the emergency room after sustaining a head wound at Munich’s world-famous Oktoberfest on Thursday night.

A police spokesman told NBC News that the soldier had been unruly while being transported him from the beer festival in an ambulance. After arriving at the hospital, the American allegedly ripped three fire extinguishers from the wall and injured an 89-year-old man. According to police, he was shot in the legs after threatening medical staff and visitors and ignoring repeated warnings in German and English by two officers. Police shootings are rare in Germany with officers in the state of Bavaria only using their weapons nine times this year to injure or kill someone. A spokesperson for the U.S. Army in Germany told NBC News that the soldier has been stationed in Grafenwoehr since January 2013 and that the incident was under investigation.

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/u-s-soldier-shot-twice-german-cops-after-oktoberfest-rampage-n212391

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U.S. Soldier Shot Twice(in the legs) by German Cops After Oktoberfest Rampage – (Original Post) Ichingcarpenter Sep 2014 OP

Well, his idiotic actions will likely land him on the RIF list in short order. nt MADem Sep 2014 #1

Lucky for him it was not an American cop, else he would be dead by now - period. n/t mazzarro Sep 2014 #2

Interesting. Those must be some very fortunate Polizei. bluesbassman Sep 2014 #3

+1,000 malaise Sep 2014 #4

+ another Scuba Sep 2014 #5

and + another. n/t RoccoR5955 Sep 2014 #6

MADem

(135,425 posts)

1. Well, his idiotic actions will likely land him on the RIF list in short order. nt

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Sun Sep 28, 2014, 03:40 AM

Sep 2014

mazzarro

(3,450 posts)

2. Lucky for him it was not an American cop, else he would be dead by now - period. n/t

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Sun Sep 28, 2014, 04:36 AM

Sep 2014

bluesbassman

(19,373 posts)

3. Interesting. Those must be some very fortunate Polizei.

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Sun Sep 28, 2014, 05:07 AM

Sep 2014

Imagine the extreme risk to their own persons they took by daring fate and wounding this man by shooting him in the legs. According to conventional wisdom here in the US a center mass shot is the only acceptable method of discharging a weapon by a police officer. That's just craziness that they actually shot to wound, as from everything I've read that just can't happen and is just the stuff of Hollywood movies. Yesiree, very lucky indeed.