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> > What department did YOU train in where they
> told
> > you to continue firing into a vehicle after it
> has
> > passed?
>
> It hadnt passed it was in the process of going by.
> If your shooting its to kill and it comes in
> large volumes of fire. You have seen too many tv
> cop dramas. You shoot to kill and cops fire into
> vehicles that are a threat to hit them or ram
> them.
>
> > Yes, you're right the kids should not have:
> > A) Stolen
> > B) Continued instead of stopping when commanded
> > to
> >
> > However the cop should not have;
> > A) Endangered himself by stepping in front of
> the
> > vehicle's path of travel.
> > B) Discharged his weapon after the vehicle
> passed,
> > instead of simply getting the vehicles license
> > plate
> >
> > The fact is that both parties - not just the
> > victim - made mistakes.
>
> Any mistake (which is debatable) that was made by
> the officer was a direct action of what the kids
> were doing. The driver made the most mistakes by
> far out of the kids, but that goes back to my
> point. When you engage in illegal activities and
> keep making the wrong decisions you risk something
> like this happening when you run with the wrong
> crowd.
>
> > The average Joe on this website is not a
> trained
> > LEO, so yes I would expect them to do the same
> > thing. However, this was in fact a trained
> officer
> > of the law who knew what he was doing. He is
> > supposed to act differently in this situation
> then
> > a normal citizen would. In addition to that, he
> > placed himself in harm's way, which he should
> not
> > have not have done. To reiterate, the vehicle
> was
> > not coming towards him until he voluntarily
> moved
> > so that he would be in the vehicle's path.
>
> He was attempting to stop fleeing suspects. 99
> percent of the population stops their car when
> someone steps in front of it especially if it is a
> cop. They however acted like criminals who will
> kill cops or had a complete disregard for everyone
> else and made no attempt to slow down. Their
> refusal to event attempt to slow down made them a
> threat not the cop stepping in front. If they
> were breaking he wouldnt have shot, they were
> not.
>
> Again to many people on here expect the police to
> act like they see on tv dramas where they bend
> over backwards to criminals. He attempted to stop
> them, they didnt slow down and become a threat and
> he reacted as he was trained with deadly force.
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