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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“He then assaults a LEO with a deadly weapon...the Car.”
Yup. About says it all.
“The dude just got out of JAIL, stole a car and had a GUN....Police did the right thing.”
For taking down that dude, probably, almost certainly... but if that was my car that was stole... well lets just say I would rather get it back stripped than filled full of holes and rammed by a police cruiser.
Yes. But the tricky part is when cops open fire on a FLEEING CAR. Are cops really going to be run over when they are beside a car (at the drivers window)?
Evidently yes. Courts side with the cops when they shoot at cars trying to leave. I believe cops are trained to place themselves in front of a fleeing car so as to use deadly force. This video backs up my thoughts.
It would seem to be common sense to jump away and back off from a moving car. But cops move in. For the kill.
Apparently the perp had a gun. Did he raise it towards the officer? If so, empty the clip.
“Why day shoot my baby, my chil’. He da only chil I got left. Cops dun kilt the rest. He din’ do nuffin. He jus’ going to da sto to gets some baby formala. He got fo’ chilluns at home. Who gonna take care o’ dim? Lawd, I’m too ol’ to be taking care of dim babies.”
I wonder what the statistics are of cops getting run down by drivers prior to training them to stand in front of the car?
Well he is not that for sure....
looks to me like the cop yelled, and fired a volley of shots before he stepped in front of the car and got onto the hood, then fired more. not sure that I accept the official story.
can you use deadly force when a suspect does not heed verbal commands? unless the perp was wielding his own gun, the cops life was not in danger when the first volley of shots were fired.
It’s strange that they didn’t suply video evidence of a gun, if there was one.
If the poster boy for Sunday School teachers had simply followed commands he would be alive today. The car was a deadly weapon he used against the cop and he defended himself. This was a righteous shot.
You are spot on with your assessment.
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It took 15 shots?
He needs more range time.
Lol! That’s one long friggin gif!
Did you create it yourself?
If so, can you share the website, if that was how you did it.
It’s Imgflip gif creator. Costs 10 bucks a month to make them this long and you can probably even make them at least twice this long if you want. Their free version is, of course, limited in length and options, like variable slow motion and placement and size for text for example.
I don’t post too many long ones anymore because of complaints.
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