Law Enforcement 'Targets' White American Citizens? HUH??

[The_Outlaw]

For less than 99 cents per target, police officers & federal agents can now shoot at real-life images “designed to give [them] the experience of dealing with deadly force shooting scenarios with subjects that are not the norm during training,” according to Law Enforcement Targets, Inc.’s website. Note that the targets actually depict normal looking american citizens including, women, children and senior citizens. It is also interesting to note that the images even appear to show some of these people inside of their own homes.
The company calls it the “No More Hesitation” series....
'No Hesitation' for what?
Are American citizens actually being portrayed as 'the enemy' with these disturbing target images?

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[wallyb]

From TheBlaze article-

The subjects in NMH targets were chosen in order to give officers the experience of dealing with deadly force shooting scenarios with subjects that are not the norm during training.

"I found while speaking with officers and trainers in the law enforcement community that there is a hesitation on the part of cops when deadly force is required on subjects with atypical age, frailty or condition (one officer explaining that he enlarged photos of his own kids to use as targets so that he would not be caught off guard with such a drastically new experience while on duty). This hesitation time may be only seconds but that is not acceptable when officers are losing their lives in these same situations."

The above explanation makes perfect sense. It is critical to understand that anyone who can pull a trigger can kill you.

 

[jameshd]

I saw these yesterday and couldn't believe it. A pregnant woman? A little boy? What kind of company is this?

 

[GB-Boater]

The government is totally out of control...

 

[NavyLCDR]

I imagine they probably also use them from drone attack targets as well....

and we all know how brave a drone pilot must be sitting 1/2 the world away controlling it by satellite from an air conditioned control room.....

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[Deserteagle]

I saw these yesterday and couldn't believe it. A pregnant woman? A little boy? What kind of company is this?

Seriously? So if a old woman or a child points a gun at you, are you going to assume their trigger finger wont work?

It's pretty sexist to believe that only a middle aged male can kill you. A little girl or a pregnant woman can kill you just as easily.

Maybe 300 years ago it was appropriate to believe that women were harmless creatures who couldnt think for themselves and just deserved to be at home where they belong. But it's 2013, and those stereotypes and sexism have been proven wrong. Women are as capable as men at just about everything. A woman can kill you whether or not you are ready to believe that. Shocking, I know...

 

[cwm1611]

Civilians can buy the same targets from L.E.T.
I have used their "realistic decision making targets" for over 5 years now while training civilians in "shoot/don't shoot" and "zero hesitation threat assessment" tactical scenarios.

Amazing how many people miss on a head shot instead of shooting through the stairwell glass or bathroom stall door or else overlook the gun in the pregnant woman's hand.

 

[BC1]

The educated white male is an endangered species anyway.

 

[vernsimpson]

Some will simply say that we are seeing "Conspiracies" everywhere, I have thought for some time that we are headed for another revolution. I have hoped it would simply be fought in the voting booths but it is starting to look as if we have gone passed that. The 2014 election will possibly the last stand for the fight to be won in the voting booth. After 2014 then we could be into a shooting revolution. I would hope and pray that NEVER happens. But it does look as if our "wonderful and caring" government is gearing up to quell an uprising of the people. With the amount of ammo they are buying and how many people they are hiring into DHS. It does look as if obummer and big sis are building their own "Brown Shirt" army just like Hitler!

 

[Dekul34]

Perhaps white citizens are the only targets they can shoot anymore without getting sued, surely if they police were practicing on targets depicting black or hispanic or arabic targets it would terribly racist.

 

[Spanish Trail]

Some will simply say that we are seeing "Conspiracies" everywhere, I have thought for some time that we are headed for another revolution. I have hoped it would simply be fought in the voting booths but it is starting to look as if we have gone passed that. The 2014 election will possibly the last stand for the fight to be won in the voting booth. After 2014 then we could be into a shooting revolution. I would hope and pray that NEVER happens. But it does look as if our "wonderful and caring" government is gearing up to quell an uprising of the people. With the amount of ammo they are buying and how many people they are hiring into DHS. It does look as if obummer and big sis are building their own "Brown Shirt" army just like Hitler!

I agree with you completely.
The decades of propaganda and chipping away at the foundation, i.e., the Constitution, is paying off for the ideologues.
Talk and voting can carry only so far and it appears as though we're near a time when only blood will speak.

The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Thomas Jefferson

 

[Spanish Trail]

From TheBlaze article-

The subjects in NMH targets were chosen in order to give officers the experience of dealing with deadly force shooting scenarios with subjects that are not the norm during training.

"I found while speaking with officers and trainers in the law enforcement community that there is a hesitation on the part of cops when deadly force is required on subjects with atypical age, frailty or condition (one officer explaining that he enlarged photos of his own kids to use as targets so that he would not be caught off guard with such a drastically new experience while on duty). This hesitation time may be only seconds but that is not acceptable when officers are losing their lives in these same situations."

The above explanation makes perfect sense. It is critical to understand that anyone who can pull a trigger can kill you.

re: "there is a hesitation on the part of cops when deadly force is required on subjects with atypical age, frailty or condition // This hesitation time may be only seconds but that is not acceptable when officers are losing their lives in these same situations."
The propagandization of LEOs and the public to accept 1. the militarization of domestic police 2. massive budgets for special anti-terrorism gear and training 3. that everyone [American citizens] is a potential terrorist and / or threat to the proverbial public safety is a lie, the biggest of lies in order to turn the last world land of freedom into the most despotic of nations. The domestic terrorism since 9/11 (and including 9/11) doesn't justify the expendature nor the sacrifice of our liberties. Therefore, why do we keep propping the propaganda? Just as we create, empower and enrich air head entertainers with our time, infactuation and money we do the same with our authorities at all levels.
We laud every war, every military action and every invasion as though mandated by God, without questioning. We apply similar mindless praise to law enforcement with free press and of of course hero-worship; everybody's a hero. We forget President Eisenhower's admonition regarding the Military Industrial Complex and how politics is manipulated to invent and perpetuate conflict in order to feed and inflate the industries charged to supply the tools for our fragile security and safety - in addition to eternal job guarantees to those associated with our so called threatened security - premium job securities not enjoyed by the taxpaying private sector.

Soon, those training to protect us will be our incarcerators - and because we were too damned nice and respectful to them, throwing scrutiny and discernment aside and acquiring the same shame for the U.S. Constitution as those intellectuals who spawned her attack.

 

[Totidem Verbis]

Ok, I can accept the premise that these targets can be used to prevent a LEO from firing on a civilian even though they have a gun and its pointed at you. For example, an incident occurs where someone attacked or broke in, the victim is armed and you must deescalate the situation.

However, with the recent activities of the government at all levels, its certainly not a stretch to think there is a more sinister reason for using theses type of targets. My LEO friends who are part of the SWAT team tells me that they train shooting at a paper target with a quarter size dot scattered throughout the page. They don't need to see images much less that of pregnant women, children and the elderly. They already have to deal with going to a scene where families are massacred and then go home to their families.

These type of targets are for the inexperienced.

 

[tricolordad]

Seriously? So if a old woman or a child points a gun at you, are you going to assume their trigger finger wont work?

It's pretty sexist to believe that only a middle aged male can kill you. A little girl or a pregnant woman can kill you just as easily.

Maybe 300 years ago it was appropriate to believe that women were harmless creatures who couldnt think for themselves and just deserved to be at home where they belong. But it's 2013, and those stereotypes and sexism have been proven wrong. Women are as capable as men at just about everything. A woman can kill you whether or not you are ready to believe that. Shocking, I know...

What exactly are you arguing? Are you protesting because you actually believe we are sexist, or is it because your beloved government is attracting negative publicity? You have some serious issues if you can't see what we are upset about.

So I'm gonna tell you. Barrack Hussein Obama aka Barry Soeretoro ran in 2008 on the platform of "redistribution of wealth," in other words, taking from those who work and giving to those who won't. He is a communist in charge of this country and under his administration police and military are being trained to attack civilians. Not defend themselves from, but attack.. The targets have the words "NO HESITATION" printed on them. Why would a communist president need police and military to attack free and armed civilians? Hmmmm? Why did Lenin order his troops to attack civilians? How about Ho Chi Minh? Pol Pot? Hitler? Why did the shogun disarm the Okinawans? Because you cannot be absolute ruler without first disarming all who would oppose you.

He found out that we would not let him disarm us. His own voter base ran out to buy the guns WITH US. So he is helping to manufacture an ammo shortage while training his jackboots to attack our wives and children. The first step to "re-education" is overcoming shock, he has to get them desensitized to the sight of a dead and eviscerated child. After that, he can get them to shoot the child. Shooting the child will have little to nothing to do with guns, as it had little to nothing to do with guns in the Warsaw ghetto, fields of Vietnam and Laos, the steppes of Russia and everywhere else it occurred in the last 100 years. Do you remember Neda?. The only constant thing about life is that history always repeats itsself. If this nation surrenders its freedom, the world will see another thousand years of oppression.

When brought to trial, those responsible for the massacres will say the same things the SS officers said at Neuremberg: "I was just following orders." Policeman, DHS agent, transit cop, doesn't matter. Wrong is wrong. Either you're with the people of this great nation, or you're against them deserteagle.

 

[Nightmare45]

Anyone pointing a gun at me is a threat to life.

 

[Dekul34]

Anyone pointing a gun at me is a threat to life.

But if you're the first police officer reporting to a scene of say, a self defense shooting, the homeowner may very well be pointing a gun at the door scared out of their minds when you enter, what do you do then? In a perfect world everything is an easy choice but in the real world there's always grey areas.

If these targets are used for sensible training scenarios such as shoot/don't shoot, and there is some indication that they are a threat or not BESIDES having a firearm in their hand, that's not a problem to me. But what is a problem to me is police training that we often see depicted where anyone with a gun in their hand is a threat that needs to be shot... the majority of firearms in this country are owned and carried by good lawful citizens but that's something that never seems to be taught.

 

[SR40c]

The educated white male is an endangered species anyway.

That's because white males are the only ones who have to actually pay for their education while all others get one for free.

 

[CharlesMorrison]

Here is what they look like...

 

[tricolordad]

Charles your signature line really conveys the intent of the powers that be. Molon labe!