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If I were stopped on a rural highway in the middle of nowhere by two black SUV's with no markings, non-uniformed drivers, and given no identification or verbal commands I would probably drive away too.
The behavior of the US law enforcement in this respect is reminiscent of something you would see in a Latin American country, where police act as free-lance strong arm units, operate shadowy death squads, and use poorly marked roadblocks for nefarious purposes.
This is not in the tradition of American law enforcement.
This was not a pursuit following a crime (such as a bank robbery or something) where in emergency un-marked or civilian vehicles might be pressed into service. This was a highly planned operation that included air-support.
Given that one can only assume that the choice of using all unmarked vehicles and non-uniformed officers was intentional.
Why? My surmise is that they hoped to engender exactly the response they got, to escalate what should have been a simple traffic stop into a "felon fleeing arrest". It certainly has many indicators of a pre-planned setup with malicious intent on the part of the agencies directing it.
I watched on WeaselZippers where their windshield was shot 4 times and he got out when he could to save those in the vehicle besides himself. Now I didn’t know that if you made a statement not to be imprisoned the LE community were authorized to shoot you 9 times including in the face precluding an open casket. Watch that guy by the vehicle slink away after firing. I don’t wish to be imprisoned in an 0 “FEMA” camp so does that mean I am a target for perforation like a rabid animal? This is not right and evidence will likely be with held showing what really happened. This is like all the HRT guys saying they would have taken the Vicki Weaver shot - for what other than blood?