Читать книгу Newhall Shooting - A Tactical Analysis. An inside look at the most tragic and influential police gunfight of the modern era. онлайн
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It’s immediately apparent that the Newhall shooting was an action of great historical significance, as it was the deadliest law enforcement shooting in American history to date. Never before had America seen so many law enforcement officers perish in a single action, and it would be almost four decades before this kind of carnage would be revisited (sadly, twice in the course of a few months1). The significance of this event alone justifies an exhaustive reporting, but I had more specific goals in mind when I started on this project.
Foremost in my mind was the desire to honor these brave officers who lost their lives while acting in defense of their community. Each of these men was in the spring of their lives, having just embarked on promising new careers that would allow them to provide for their growing young families, when all was cut short by the gunfire of felons. They left behind wives, children, extended families, and friends that were left holding the shattered pieces of unfinished plans and unfulfilled dreams, and who were forced to endure the long, solitary pain that lives on well after the loss has been erased from fleeting public consciousness.