Posted on 03/09/2023 3:41:20 AM PST by GrandJediMasterYoda
Footage shows 5 Utah cops fire into BMW of man during traffic stop
Authorities released footage of five Utah cops yelling “gun” and firing a barrage of bullets into the BMW of a man who was pulled over and then refused most of the officers’ commands before shots rang out.
The bodycam video detailed the moment police officers in Farmington, a Utah suburb, shot and killed 25-year-old Chase Allan on March 1. He refused to hand over his driver’s license and declined other police commands as he recited anti-governmental views, footage indicates.
Farmington Police Chief Eric Johnsen said officers only fired after Allan reached down to what the cops believed could be a holster or a gun.
But Johnsen, during a Wednesday press conference, also acknowledged the footage is not clear leading up to the shooting because the bodycams’ view of Allan’s hip holster is blocked by the car door and an officer leaning in to yank him out just as another cop warned of a gun.
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Looks like a bad shoot to me. I hope the cops are prosecuted.
Sure seems like the kid was itching for this encounter. I chalk it up to another example of the rampant mental illness the country is witnessing.
How does their boot polish taste?
The police are the standing army the Founders warned us about.
Amen, I hope the possesion of a firearm in the car does not condemn you to instant death.
All this drama for a traffic stop?
1) Why did the cops pull the kid over? Did the kid have reason to distrust the cops? Was there a previous history?
2) The driver was belligerent from the get go. The cop was trying to reason with him.
3) It seems both sides panicked when the car door was open. The driver would not have been shot if he had just voluntarily got out. Maybe he was afraid the cops were going to beat him up as has happened so much lately with other citizens.
4) Currently, law enforcement have a real public relations problem, starting at the top with the corrupt FBI. Few people trust the police for good reason.
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I am terrified about cops pulling my adult kids over. One of my kids, my daughter, doesn’t have current registration on her car and I have been bugging her about it and even offered to pay for it. Drives me crazy.
Another innocent victim of “DRIVING WHILE WHITE”...and extreeeeemely stupid!
Finally just told him, Im not going to open his account and he can go ahead and sue me.
That would be a classic example of a moot point.
Maybe because he had a fake license plate? Just a guess.
“he recited anti-governmental views...”
Oh, well, in THAT case...
I read his mom pulled the same shit a year ago... stupidity runs in the family I guess.
Cops werent really arguing. He told the dude to get out after it was clear he wasnt going cooperate with the law. They were going to pull him out. The victim chose poorly.
That boy was really special, wasn’t he. Looks like the police did their job well. We’ll see.
That boy was really special, wasn’t he. Looks like the police did their job well. We’ll see.
Everyone needs to distinguish between local police, over whom we still have some control and Federal police, who are completely out-of-control, and rather, control us.
“if the shooting was legit or not”
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Seeing as to how the video was stopped when it was suggests to me it was not legit. Just looks to me like a bunch of cowardly cops overreacted to this idiot.
“I work at a bank and encountered a “sovereign citizen” that talked just like this idiot.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montana_Freemen
He lost everything he owned, a farm, a plane and three 20+ acre lots just down the road from us. Each one of those would be worth $3,000,000+ today.
It's always so convenient for people like you. You want everything to be just the way you like it. You rail against cops, until you or someone you love needs to call 911.
Is a “Utah suburb” a town in a neighboring state, but close to the Utah border?
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