Former/present LEOs and/or military- I’ve got a question…
Yes, I saw this driver started moving her vehicle forward and into the policeman standing in front of it, essentially making that assault with a deadly weapon. The driver did endanger someone’s life whether or not the marxist jackals want to try and spin it as something else. She chose to step on her gas pedal and move her car forward into that policeman. She chose violence when the policemen attempted to speak with and question her. Choices have consequences.
Is there any reason why, in a case like this, that they can’t shoot out a tire? Is there a danger of ricochet? If, as LE, you’re stopping a vehicle for any reason and the driver refuses to turn the engine off when directed to do so, it would seem reasonable to have some kind of tool which could flatten a tire, thereby alleviating the possibility of things escalating like they did here. Replacing a tire or two is a lot better option than the loss of two lives.
Runners have been known to drive several miles on the rims. Runners often cause other accidents and run over innocent pedestrians or bystanders. Not running would have alleviated the possibility of things escalating -- this includes not running the mouth.
Thanks for the response. So, flattening a tire/tires is not, in practice, a good strategy.
I’ve only been pulled over once, wrong lane in a weird, unmarked entrance ramp, late at night. I pulled over, rolled my window down, turned the car off, put the interior lights on and put my hands high on the steering wheel until the policeman came up and spoke to me, got my license, etc. No muss, no fuss, not even a ticket as he handed back my license and told me to be safe.
It will be interesting to see, in this case, if any information on the young woman’s behavior in the store (from security cameras) before the parking lot incident shines any more light on the situation. It’s sad that two lives were lost, but the responsibility for that remains on the young woman’s choices. It was 100% avoidable.
Former/present LEOs and/or military- I’ve got a question…
Yes, I saw this driver started moving her vehicle forward and into the policeman standing in front of it, essentially making that assault with a deadly weapon. The driver did endanger someone’s life whether or not the marxist jackals want to try and spin it as something else. She chose to step on her gas pedal and move her car forward into that policeman. She chose violence when the policemen attempted to speak with and question her. Choices have consequences.
Is there any reason why, in a case like this, that they can’t shoot out a tire? Is there a danger of ricochet? If, as LE, you’re stopping a vehicle for any reason and the driver refuses to turn the engine off when directed to do so, it would seem reasonable to have some kind of tool which could flatten a tire, thereby alleviating the possibility of things escalating like they did here. Replacing a tire or two is a lot better option than the loss of two lives.
Runners have been known to drive several miles on the rims. Runners often cause other accidents and run over innocent pedestrians or bystanders. Not running would have alleviated the possibility of things escalating -- this includes not running the mouth.
Thanks for the response. So, flattening a tire/tires is not, in practice, a good strategy.
I’ve only been pulled over once, wrong lane in a weird, unmarked entrance ramp, late at night. I pulled over, rolled my window down, turned the car off, put the interior lights on and put my hands high on the steering wheel until the policeman came up and spoke to me, got my license, etc. No muss, no fuss, not even a ticket as he handed back my license and told me to be safe.
It will be interesting to see, in this case, if any information on the young woman’s behavior in the store (from security cameras) before the parking lot incident shines any more light on the situation. It’s sad that two lives were lost, but the responsibility for that remains on the young woman’s choices. It was 100% avoidable.