In this case, because there is video, we can see what a lie it was.
He should be arrested
Also...
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4098927/posts
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-backroom/4099041/posts
Good job Serpico.
I wish they would just come right out and say, shot him in his fat rear end, instead of saying, the policeman shot him in the parking lot…
The policeman needs a firing squad appointment after a quick trial.
I meant: "tried to hit the officer".
A lot of times the suspect is trying to get away, but the cop jumps in front of the car, or runs toward the car and get sideswiped. There may be no intent to hit the officer, and the suspect even tries to avoid hitting the officer, but the officer created the contact, or moves in front of the car, which is a license to blast away.
Even if that is shown, the reason for shooting simply becomes: "to prevent a danger to the public".
You can’t tell from that video whether he was struck or not.
A lot of mistakes here.
My hearing isn’t what it used to be but it sounded like the car had escaped him prior in another location. That is a class B felony in Florida. 15 and $10K.
But what is one officer doing approaching a car at the blind side, jerking open the door, and ordering a kid to get out without backup and standing in the door. If he’s a felon, he most likely is packing and the officer could have got leveled. And the response from the driver should have been fully expected with the car running as he did not start it, he just put it in gear whether through criminality or fear.
When the car backed up, he put part of the restaurant in the line of fire and the officer continued to fire what I think was 5 bullets that could have entered the building.
The whole transaction legal or not was badly mishandled and dispatch was aware of the actions through the body cam at least.
wy69
A lot of mistakes here.
My hearing isn’t what it used to be but it sounded like the car had escaped him prior in another location. That is a class B felony in Florida. 15 and $10K.
But what is one officer doing approaching a car at the blind side, jerking open the door, and ordering a kid to get out without backup and standing in the door. If he’s a felon, he most likely is packing and the officer could have got leveled. And the response from the driver should have been fully expected with the car running as he did not start it, he just put it in gear whether through criminality or fear.
When the car backed up, he put part of the restaurant in the line of fire and the officer continued to fire what I think was 5 bullets that could have entered the building.
The whole transaction legal or not was badly mishandled and dispatch was aware of the actions through the body cam at least.
wy69
What that cop did was insane even if the car was the vehicle he encountered the night before. I see the blazing away crap in movies and I shake my head. To see this fool doing it in a parking lot is amazing. The cop is acting like someone who WANTS to kill somebody. Personally if I strapped on a gun every day I’d fire on a human at the very last extremity. Radio it in for Christs Sake or, here’s an idea, wait for backup to block the guy in. Too many of the people becoming cops these days don’t seem to be Men, well, as we once defined that.
The cop could’ve/should’ve blocked the rear of the suspect’s vehicle with his cruiser and lit his lights if he wasn’t going to wait for back up.
Also, he could’ve/should’ve said “Would you please step out
of the car” instead of the more aggressive, provocative “Get out of the car”.
Shot the guy for eating in his car?
“This story was edited to reflect that it’s unclear from the body-cam video whether the driver put his car in reverse or it rolled backward because his foot left the brake pedal.”
Huh?
So from the young man's POV he was sitting in his car with his girl, eating a burger when a large man in dark clothing comes up to his car, yanks the door open, orders him to get out and lays violent hands on him.
Can anyone say, "Car Jacking"?