“While attempting to take the man into custody, he did not comply with multiple commands to stop, and he physically resisted when troopers tried to remove him from the car,” a state police statement said.
“Troopers shot the man when he continued to drive in a manner that placed officers in imminent danger,” the statement continued.
Why kill him, though? Why even try to pull him out of the car? Cops have the perp cornered in his car, so why didn’t they let the air out of all four tires, and sit in the squad car eating doughnuts until he gets bored and gives up?
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Because it’s an easy and all too common lie that police tell. If he really did try to run someone over then I agree all bets are off, but more often they are simply trying to escape. If you run in front of a moving car, that is not the same as the driver trying to run you over.
Also, shooting the driver of a moving car doesn’t stop the car from moving. Might be better to just move. What ever happened to spike strips?
Cops killing someone should be a last resort, not a first choice. Standing in front of a car is a frequent precursor to cops killing the driver, and I’d suggest that shoplifting doesn’t warrant a death stance.
Especially in 2023. “Quick, we have to capture the shoplifter before they get away forever!” “Uh, we have 4k video of them stealing, their plates, and social media. It’ll take like 20 minutes to find them.”
Cops should never intentionally kill someone, even when fired upon the intention should be to subdue and ensure the safety of bystanders, not create a hail of bullets that often kills hostages etc.
If NATO peacekeeping troops can do it on the battlefield you should be able to do it against a single perp in the burbs.
It’s because of the number of times they put themselves in front of said car rather than someone trying to hit them.
I’m not going to kill for my job either, especially over some inanimate objects.
But if I did want to kill people, I know exactly what job I’d apply for.
I think it’s really funny that the cops got revenge on you and you still think this
If that was the joke you were going for you should put the last 3 sentences at the beginning of your comment, which will tie back the punch line to the first sentence.
Like this is a great joke you almost had it.
https://youtu.be/k9pOgw3ehkk?si=pZYELzlkOfCm0VEz
if “all bets are off” why even have laws? Why can’t I just kill my neighbor and say he was trying to back his car into me?
If all you need is to say that magic phrase, what protects you against someone saying it about you?
Cars are deadly weapons.
And I believe in this post they were probably justified in stopping him from using his car dangerously. But why was he driving like that? Because the cops chased him over SHOPLIFTING
Just get his license plate and let him go home where you can find him. Run the plates and if the car is stolen, then that’s a better reason to go after him
I’ll believe “they were probably justified in stopping him from using his car dangerously” when police release the bodycam footage that shows the perp was actually driving in a manner dangerous to the cops. Until the video, having seen that particular lie debunked many times, my assumption is that it’s the same old, same old lie.