The Napier Siege - A Lesson Learned?

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PLEASE READ: Alot of talk surrounded the events at Napier, New Zealand when a lone gunman, angry after arriving home to find Police carrying out a search warrant shot and killed a long serving police officer. On the 11th of May, Police revealed the extent of the gunmans mass weapon collection, 18 military style weapons and many boxes of ammunition. Explosives were also found in his garage. The Siege lasted 51 Hours, 2 shots were fired by Police, several shots of gas and distraction devices were used by Police in conjunction with the Army Lavs. The gunman fired dozens of rounds, differing in caliber, periodicaly throughout the time he was alive. A LESSON LEARNED? At Breakfast time on Saturday, readers of the New Zealand Herald will have seen one of the headlines "Gunman Dead" & "Robots Recover Body". This is a direct insult to the Army & Police who, Underfire, recovered the body at 5pm on the 8th of May. The media should Learn that specualtion is not news, theroes about an operation currently underway is NOT news. News is Facts. The Herald, Tv3, TVNZ and, infact almost all news in New Zealand reported the Gunman Was dead before the Police operation had even finished - BEFORE police had even stormed his property. More disturbingly, while police where STILL undertaking an operation to bring the situation to a safe end, a nation critized, complained, theorised and thought of conspiracies and ingenious tactical plans on bringing down such a gunman. Who knew everyday people <b>...</b>

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