Tom Phillips - NZ hide and seek champion
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@JK which makes you wonder where the other kids are?
sad end, I'd wager the kids most likely wanted to be with thier dad, but now, the very thing he seemingly was on the run for, is the most likely outcome...but then you cant go around breaking into places, this was always a possbility, especially if he is shooting cops.
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a bit disconnected from this being in Aus, i hadnt realised he was armed and would fire at police, will have to read up a bit more
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@Kiwiwomble said in Tom Phillips - NZ hide and seek champion:
a bit disconnected from this being in Aus, i hadnt realised he was armed and would fire at police, will have to read up a bit more
He has been suspected to have committed a few local burglaries.
Worse thing is he had been taking one of his kids along with him.Hopefully they find the other 2 kids and the cop who was shot pulls through
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@Donsteppa said in Tom Phillips - NZ hide and seek champion:
I'd like to think that even the usual ferals on social media might think twice after that photo.
reading the comments in the NZ Herald FB post is quite depressing and unsurprising at the same time
Its like hes some kind of hero now martyr.
He was and is not ever a victim, those poor kids are though. -
Can understand the frustration/ anger at the whole system re the custody and that side, which is supposedly why he went on the run...but the burglaries and now shooting a cop, this was never gonna end well.
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@voodoo Yeah I wonder how much conspiracy theory and hatred of government and authority has changed with the internet. Australia have had QLD, Tassie and now Victoria where Police have been shot by males who for whatever reason believe they have been unfairly targeted and hate the govt which leads them to believing violence against Police is the only course of action.
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@Virgil said in Tom Phillips - NZ hide and seek champion:
@Donsteppa said in Tom Phillips - NZ hide and seek champion:
I'd like to think that even the usual ferals on social media might think twice after that photo.
reading the comments in the NZ Herald FB post is quite depressing and unsurprising at the same time
Its like hes some kind of hero now martyr.
He was and is not ever a victim, those poor kids are though.The old ‘why didn’t they just shoot him to wound him’ brigade are out in full force as usual.
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@MN5 said in Tom Phillips - NZ hide and seek champion:
@Virgil said in Tom Phillips - NZ hide and seek champion:
@Donsteppa said in Tom Phillips - NZ hide and seek champion:
I'd like to think that even the usual ferals on social media might think twice after that photo.
reading the comments in the NZ Herald FB post is quite depressing and unsurprising at the same time
Its like hes some kind of hero now martyr.
He was and is not ever a victim, those poor kids are though.The old ‘why didn’t they just shoot him to wound him’ brigade are out in full force as usual.
yup. completely ignoring the fact that their local hero opened fire on the police with one of his kids right there with him.
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@Virgil said in Tom Phillips - NZ hide and seek champion:
@MN5 said in Tom Phillips - NZ hide and seek champion:
@Virgil said in Tom Phillips - NZ hide and seek champion:
@Donsteppa said in Tom Phillips - NZ hide and seek champion:
I'd like to think that even the usual ferals on social media might think twice after that photo.
reading the comments in the NZ Herald FB post is quite depressing and unsurprising at the same time
Its like hes some kind of hero now martyr.
He was and is not ever a victim, those poor kids are though.The old ‘why didn’t they just shoot him to wound him’ brigade are out in full force as usual.
yup. completely ignoring the fact that their local hero opened fire on the police with one of his kids right there with him.
Police should be monitoring FB as some of the comments are beyond feral.
Freedom of speech and all of that but I can’t believe what some folk say on very public forums.
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@MN5 said in Tom Phillips - NZ hide and seek champion:
@Virgil said in Tom Phillips - NZ hide and seek champion:
@Donsteppa said in Tom Phillips - NZ hide and seek champion:
I'd like to think that even the usual ferals on social media might think twice after that photo.
reading the comments in the NZ Herald FB post is quite depressing and unsurprising at the same time
Its like hes some kind of hero now martyr.
He was and is not ever a victim, those poor kids are though.The old ‘why didn’t they just shoot him to wound him’ brigade are out in full force as usual.
If Police need to use a firearm it is only to protect life and stop the threat immediately, to do that you aim at the largest mass which is the chest. Even the notion of trying to wound someone who is trying to kill you shows a complete lack of understanding of when and why Police use lethal force.
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@chimoaus said in Tom Phillips - NZ hide and seek champion:
@MN5 said in Tom Phillips - NZ hide and seek champion:
@Virgil said in Tom Phillips - NZ hide and seek champion:
@Donsteppa said in Tom Phillips - NZ hide and seek champion:
I'd like to think that even the usual ferals on social media might think twice after that photo.
reading the comments in the NZ Herald FB post is quite depressing and unsurprising at the same time
Its like hes some kind of hero now martyr.
He was and is not ever a victim, those poor kids are though.The old ‘why didn’t they just shoot him to wound him’ brigade are out in full force as usual.
If Police need to use a firearm it is only to protect life and stop the threat immediately, to do that you aim at the largest mass which is the chest. Even the notion of trying to wound someone who is trying to kill you shows a complete lack of understanding of when and why Police use lethal force.
Problem with ol' Tom is that his largest mass was his GINORMOUS head.
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Lol what, it's not possible to shoot to wound anyway, those people need to google the main arteries of the body and where they are, expecting an officer to purposely miss them all is hilariously ridiculous
