Manny Pizarro Professor CannonWriting Assignment#3 Essays - Crime

Manny Pizarro Professor CannonWriting Assignment#3 The movie 44 minutes to North Hollywood Shootout is about a robbery occurring at the bank of america of North Hollywood, California. The robbery was committed by two heavily armed men with AK-47s. The men were confronted by the california police department and began a fourth-four minute shootout between the two.The response by the california police department to this situation, I believe was pretty good. The police arrived on the scene extremely quickly. Also, the police department wasn't really properly prepared for a situation like this. In addition, the officers didn't even have the right weapons to fight these two guys with Aks. The police department did the best they could with what they had. If the officers were properly armed in that situation the shootout would've been over much quicker. If i was a police officer in that situation i would've stuck to what i was trained to do until we stopped the robbery and brought down the s uspects. Lastly, the gunmen were normal criminals that planned out a great compact robbery plan and were heavily prepared to fight. In that situation it was pretty disturbing to see the police so out gunned like that. Especially being in North Hollywood which is an area with a lot of people that could get hurt because of the police being out gunned. Even though it would be the police would be gunned out temporarily, it is still disturbing to see. The gunmen in the movie were extremely difficult to bring down. The gunmen had Ak-47s and body armor as well as having very structured plan intact. The type of investigation I would expect after this incident that they would found out who the gunmen were and background checks on them. In addition, I think they would investigate how they got the armor and guns used in the robbery. Lastly, the documentary/ film is true to life because it actually happened.