Posted on 04/14/2015 4:41:34 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Arizona Police RAm Suspect.. Police Hit Suspect Mario Valencia With Car Dash Cam Video Dashcam video shows Arizona cop car ramming armed suspect TUCSON, Ariz. -- Police in Arizona released video from a dashboard camera showing how a police officer used his cruiser to put an end to a crime spree in February, CBS affiliate KOLD-TV in Tucson reported.
According to KOLD, Police Chief Terry Rozema said that Rapiejko’s move saved the suspect’s life. Valencia was hospitalized for two days before being charged with aggravated assault on a police officer with a deadly weapon, discharging a firearm inside the city limits, and shoplifting involving a firearm.
“This was a dangerous felon who’d been on a crime spree throughout the morning,” Sgt. Chris Warren said to KOLD at the time of the arrest. “He’d just stolen a weapon, loaded it, was not obeying commands from officers and was walking toward occupied businesses. It’s a busy time of morning, a lot of employees at work, a lot getting ready to come out for breaks, he’s walking toward those businesses. So we had to take immediate action and make sure he didn’t get inside those businesses.”
Send Valencia the bill for a new windshield! ;)
Should the cop be arrested?
He hit the poor man from behind!
WTF?
Cowboy cop or no brakes?
Ballsy move by the cop considering the way everyone is looking over their shoulders and second guessing everything they do these days.
Works for me! A very effective means of eliminating an armed whacko.
Send Valencia the bill for a new windshield.
NO! Send Valencia THROUGH the windshield. I’ll pay for a new one.
One less Obama import to deal with.
Good.
” ” Sgt. Chris Warren said to KOLD at the time of the arrest. “He’d just stolen a weapon, loaded it, was not obeying commands from officers and was walking toward occupied businesses. It’s a busy time of morning, a lot of employees at work, a lot getting ready to come out for breaks, he’s walking toward those businesses. So we had to take immediate action and make sure he didn’t get inside those businesses.” “
Too bad he lived, but probably better for the cop that he did.
The guy was armed apparently. I can’t blame the cop on this one. Interesting that he was told to stand off, and did it anyway. No problem here.
Ho Lee Shit!!! ROTFLMFAO! !!
I give Valencia a 9.8 for difficulty and a double gainer, with a full twist.
Cop gets a medal and dinner...
He was telling the cop at the distant end of the video to standoff.
The cowboy came up from benhind to round up the Indian...Mexican...erh, perp...
I didn't know the cop knew that, did you?
Later
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/crime-courts/arizona-cop-used-car-ram-armed-suspect-video-shows-n341636
“Police said Valencia, 36, held up a 7-Eleven convenience store in Tucson, started a fire at a church, and then broke into a home and stole a car and drove to a Walmart in Marana, a town northwest of Tucson.
“Valencia allegedly asked a store salesman to see a rifle and then used it as a club to bash a case and threaten the employee, and ran off with the rifle and a box of .30-30 ammunition, police said. He loaded the weapon and pointed it at an officer before firing instead into the air, and was struck by the police car as he approached a business, police said in a statement Tuesday.
“Valencia is jailed on 15 counts that include armed robbery, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, arson, burglary, shoplifting and theft. He is being held at the Pima County Jail.”
Officer Rapiejko previously served with the Tucson and New York police departments before joining the Marana police.
I know a lot of things
a little street justice works just fine.....
Meh.
It was a bad guy —no dogs, no old people, no screaming family home-invasion.
I’m okay with this, good driving.
GTA, MFr...
Jack Bauer stole a cop car, again.
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