Behind The Scenes Of The Sturgis Shooting
Submitted by Northwest Harley Blog
As you may recall the situation happened at the Roadhouse bar with four off duty, out-of-state law enforcement officers and a firefighter, all members of the Iron Pigs - a police motorcycle club - who get into a heated confrontation with some Hells Angels members on the last day of the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally. The confrontation ends when Ron Smith pulls his Glock 23 and shoots Joseph McGuire a HAMC member.
I blogged about the incident and posted several updates HERE, HERE and HERE.
Many readers weighed in with comments between support of the police to those who where very distrustful. Some comments became derisive after the South Dakota court threw out the assault and weapons charges and then later dismissed all the indictments.
Recently Charles Remsberg, an author of three best-selling law enforcement training textbooks, and contributor to the PoliceOne site has posted an interesting “Behind The Scenes” recap of the shooting. His report provides deeper insight into the minutes leading up to the shooting, the psyche of the various folks involved, the injuries and a bit of the grand jury transcript. Granted Mr. Remsberg writes from a LEO point of view, but does so after nearly three decades of work where he earned the prestigious O.W. Wilson Award for outstanding contributions to law enforcement and the American Police Hall of Fame Honor Award for distinguished achievement in public service.
To be fair, and after reading Remsberg’s report some of my initial implications were inaccurate. However, I do think my overall assessment was correct, at least based on the information that was released at the time.
At any rate check out the good report and you be the judge.
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