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Police pursuit ends deadly
FrizzleFried:
--- Quote from: KenToad on October 01, 2007, 12:06:12 am ---Some crazy arguments go on in here, but there is absolutely no reason why that cop should have jumped on that car in the first place and then be forced to use deadly force to regain control of the situation.
For example:
http://www.newsnet5.com/video/14011479/index.html
here is the page before if that one fails to load:
http://www.newsnet5.com/news/14012046/detail.html?subid=10101081
The video at that link shows an interview with the innocent passenger explaining that the cop jumped on top of the vehicle and, near the end of the video, you can clearly see the cop perched on his knees on the hood of the motionless vehicle. The vehicle starts up again very quickly, placing the cop in potentially mortal danger, but why was the cop kneeling on the motionless vehicle in the first place? I guess he saw one too many Stallone movies. :dunno
The perpetrator obviously needed to be stopped, but this kind of on-the-spot death sentencing just can't be tolerated. The police are there to enforce the law, not to be the judge, jury and executioner.
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Watched the video...read the text...my opinion hasn't changed. The guy is responsible for his own death.
gonzo90017:
Have we not learned anything from comic books. Peter Parker watches a crime happen. Lets the criminal get away. Next thing you know that same criminal kills his uncle. Is that the kind of world you wan't to live in?
jbox:
I agree! Kill them all I say! Can we start with the ones who speed and work our way down to the tax cheats from there? >:D
danny_galaga:
--- Quote from: FrizzleFried on September 30, 2007, 03:06:50 pm ---
Another person I'd listen to if he'd walk in the shoes of a policeman for a week. Shoot the radiator...shoot the tire...HAHAHA...You people aren't that dense are you? I mean, this is a put-on, right?
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yes, it sounds silly, yet to me not quite as silly as say, JUMPING ONTO THE BONNET OF A CAR WITH A MADMAN DRIVING. i say shoot the radiator because at least twice there were idiot cops STANDING IN FRONT OF THE CAR. i would never say shoot the tires. thats hollywood stuff. but shooting into the front of the car is easy. sort of the vehicular equivalent of shooting someone in the torso- you are bound to cause damage. you are bound to hit something that will kill the car, rather than the driver.
but i guess really it would be much easier to jump onto the bonnet of a car with a crazed driver in it and then kneel on one knee and shoot him :dunno
ChadTower:
You do realize you can drive with a leaky radiator and a flat tire, yes?
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