Posted on 03/13/2019 7:10:42 AM PDT by ETL
A police officer in Arkansas is on the hood of a moving car that had been reported stolen when he fires 15 times into the vehicle's windshield, killing the driver, stunning dashcam video shows.
The Little Rock Police Department released footage of the Feb. 22 incident on Thursday, which Mayor Frank Scott said was part of an effort to be "accountable, clear and transparent" in a statement posted to Twitter.
Scott said the department compiled dashcam footage, video from nearby businesses' security cameras, and radio traffic to create a nearly 25-minute video showing the confrontation between Officer Charles Starks and 30-year-old Bradley Blackshire.
Starks was responding to a call after a detective confirmed that Blackshire was driving a car that was reported stolen.
In the video released by police, Starks can be seen walking up to Blackshire's car with a gun drawn and instructing him to get out of the car multiple times.
The 30-year-old refuses, asking "What did I do?" and "What are you going to shoot me for?" before slowing accelerating and hitting the officer.
Starks then fires into the windshield multiple times before Berkshire stops and the officer leans on the hood.
Berkshire then continues to drive the car with Starks on the hood, leading the police officer to shoot at the vehicle's windshield several more times.
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Who knows what happened..?
There was a day I’d automatically believe the cops.
Now? Not so much.
That Houston cop home-invasion where they lied and killed the two home owners two weeks ago..?
At first I believed the cop version.
Turned out the cops were murderers.
Well, the driver killed himself by cop
He’s dead. The world is a better place
It would have been easier for the cops if at least one of them had a full auto assault rifle in addition to the semi-auto pistol.
Suicide by cop.
I don’t think it was a good idea for the police car to ram the criminal’s car while the officer was on the hood.
Well, we know it’s an almost certainty that the car was indeed stolen. Not very difficult to verify that, so unlikely they’re lying about it. And we know the perp drove the car into the cop after repeated warnings to exit the vehicle.
Is that what happened? Didn't catch that part.
Cops should have full auto firearms right after all civilians have affordable, not the BS we have to go through now, machine guns.
EVERYTHING has been politicized, thanks to the Fraud and his worshippers.
NOTHING reported is to be trusted as written/reported, which will disappoint those here who really REALLY want to trust Big Media’s reporting as long as it doesn’t seem DIRECTLY related to politics.
Holy flurking shnit!
“Who knows what happened..?”
The video answers the question.
The 2nd police car, to the right of the first. It was low speed but I don’t see what the point was.
Officer thinking he is gonna stop the car with his body? or just placing himself in danger to escalate the situation to justify emptying the mag into the non compliant idiot behind the wheel?
Hammers and nails.......
I don’t see a problem here? He’s pulled over, told to get out of the car. He is in a Stolen vehicle.
He refuses to follow a lawful command.
He then assaults a LEO with a deadly weapon...the Car.
He fought the law...and the law won.
All he got was a few measly copper jacketed tokens fo his effort.
Someone probably tell the Local Community College he won’t be making his remedial studies course work this month.
From the article:
"What did I do?" and "What are you going to shoot me for?" before slowing [slowly] accelerating and hitting the officer.
The dude just got out of JAIL, stole a car and had a GUN....Police did the right thing.
I am in Arkansas and the what happened was this Black dude stole a new car and tried to run down the cop, Cop had body cam and video...Car Thief’s mother demanded the video be released till it was released and then wanted it taken down as it showed her criminal son trying to run down the cop....
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