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sageturkey
She's an idiot for doing 71 in a 55, she's an idiot for pulling away from the traffic stop. Her son is an idiot for getting out and trying to start a fight with the cops. The cop who fired on the vehicle is an idiot for using deadly force where none was warranted.
Stupidity Abounds...
freedomSlave
reply to post by UnifiedSerenity
I am pretty sure the cop that was shooting that van was black as well .. not sure how this would be used as a race thing.
FatherStacks
reply to post by opethPA
I agree with you that the mother is the one at fault, but was the police officer justified in taking a shot the vehicle? I feel that he wasn't. What harm was posed to him? As you point out, the officer the 14 year old came at kept his cool and didn't draw his weapon.
opethPA
Agreed but in a different way.
Again it is easy for me to sit here at my keyboard and say "No way Im shooting" but that cop probably showed up to a van pulling away from a stop and reacted to the info presented.
I don't think his response to the information he had was wrong, I think his not communicating with original officer is where he failed.
FatherStacks
sageturkey
She's an idiot for doing 71 in a 55, she's an idiot for pulling away from the traffic stop. Her son is an idiot for getting out and trying to start a fight with the cops. The cop who fired on the vehicle is an idiot for using deadly force where none was warranted.
Stupidity Abounds...
Granted, the boy's actions weren't the smartest, but he is not a mature adult. I see him just trying to protect his family from what he perceives as a threat. The mother is just clinically retarded or trying to hide something.
Xquizit
The police officers who drew his gun and shot at the vehicle showed up as the van sped off the second time. Maybe he wasn't aware that there were children in the vehicle. A lack of proper communication is obviously at fault here.
boncho
Or she saw the video a few weeks ago when two ladies got fisted by an officer searching for god knows what up their hoohaa.
Is it really any wonder why people are afraid of cops? The whole fear of cops thing is what has been pressed on society. "Don't question authority" "I'm right and you're wrong" "Oops I shot you, sorry"
If police officers were merely around to help people perhaps they wouldn't be worried about getting out of the car to talk to them. Police encounters look more and more like attempted rapes, gang bangers swarming, or wild hyenas than they do "protectors of the peace".
Meh…
AliceBleachWhite
On the second stop, the officer should have called for assistance to block the woman, and waited until assistance arrived before continuing.
FatherStacks
sageturkey
She's an idiot for doing 71 in a 55, she's an idiot for pulling away from the traffic stop. Her son is an idiot for getting out and trying to start a fight with the cops. The cop who fired on the vehicle is an idiot for using deadly force where none was warranted.
Stupidity Abounds...
Granted, the boy's actions weren't the smartest, but he is not a mature adult. I see him just trying to protect his family from what he perceives as a threat. The mother is just clinically retarded or trying to hide something.