Comments on: Video: Yakuza Armed With Shotgun Faces Off Against Japanese Police

By: Yakuza apprentice

Yakuza apprentice — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 02:21:34 +0000

All they needed to do was ring up his oyabun and he would have ordered the idiot to surrender, apologize, AND cut off his finger and the man would have done it.

By: Gunman kills himself after police refuse to return fire | Japan Probe

Gunman kills himself after police refuse to return fire | Japan Probe — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 05:22:13 +0000

[...] filled me with a frustration similar to what I felt when I saw videos from police actions in 1992, 2007 and a recent training [...]

By: Thinkin

Thinkin — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 08:43:36 +0000

Police in most other countries don’t fire automatically either. “Use of force”, look it up. Its what police are probably most criticized for. If they shot him and he turned out to be mentally unstable, or if dogbertt is correct and he is Korean, they’d get slammed for misconduct from every direction (cross-racial killing seems to be a hot topic). Maybe there was a better way to handle it, but it looked standard to me, try to talk him down, only use force if necessary etc. Shoot first, ask question only causes problems for police.

..and John O… good comment, but “bloodthirsty”? Bit much maybe, lol. I think my home country USA beats Japan on that one.

By: Policia japonesa « Ryokô

Policia japonesa « Ryokô — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 16:06:22 +0000

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By: dogbertt

dogbertt — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 06:45:19 +0000

Let me begin by adding the obligatory response; that man isn’t Japanese, he’s a Korean with a Japanese name! My 2ch sources told me so, just like the guy that shot that mayor a while back.

By: John O

John O — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 03:18:24 +0000

I’d say the Japanese legal system is bloodthirsty enough, and it’s a damn good thing the police won’t kill anyone unless they absolutely, absolutely have to. Besides, maybe the police were psychologically savvy enough to know that this guy didn’t really want to shoot anyone.

By: Erika

Erika — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 01:37:43 +0000

I think it’s good that they don’t automatically shoot anyone holding a weapon…though they should have heavier shields and bullet-proof gear.

By: James

James — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 00:15:02 +0000

Indeed they are not, but why should criminals such as the one in the video be allowed to have a chance to kill police officers? They got lucky in this video, but what if the criminal had not missed, and actually killed a police officer?

By: JJman

JJman — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 00:09:30 +0000

well japanese cops arent told to shoot to kill or disarm and rarily do japanese police shoot anyone