Earthmover driver, 14: 'I'm paralyzed!'

Arizona Daily Star ^

[Kokojmudd]

Oh brother. Now they are gonna sue. What a surprise.

[jtminton]

Geez. . .

[wideawake]

Great police work.

Fired only four shots, two hits, incapacitated the criminal and prevented the dangerous idiot from killing people.

Poor little Duncan Dresner could have taken many lives through his recklessness - if the lights were bright and the engine was loud and he was confused he has only himself to blame.

If he hadn't stolen anything he wouldn't have gotten shot.

[Sax]

…stole an earth scraper

…young male driver "who was smiling and appeared to be enjoying himself."

…would have injured or killed officers

…"I want my lawyer" and "My mom's getting me a lawyer,"

(I’ll give ya three guesses where I’m going with this.)

[FoxInSocks]

"Get outta my way!"

[GingisK]

The reports stated that Angulo said he believed the large earthmover would have injured or killed officers if it wasn't stopped.

Yep, the cops had already grown roots and thus completely immobile.

[Red Badger]

Total Gold Star Darwin Award Material.........

[AntiGuv]

Officer Scott Wakefield, wrote that he saw Angulo crying a short time after the shooting and heard him say he had no choice but to fire.

It's good to see the cop seems more decent than most of the comments have been.

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

This is ridiculous. The kid went on a rampage with a machine that weighs 40 tons, and those scrapers can MOVE, they're not like a bulldozer. And in the end, it's going to boil down to whether the cop should have heard him over the engine roar. What a load of crap, the kid could have stopped before leading them on a 12-mile chase.

[wardaddy]

I'm sort of ambivalent on this one.

I already know how the knitters feel.

[boilerfan]

Boo Friggen Hoo!

If you don't want to suffer consequences of your own stupidity then don't do stupid stuff.

I don't blame the cops one bit. They have to think about the Public safety first then the perpetrator's last.

I bet this stupid kid won't do this again though.

[wardaddy]

Scraper (also called a Pan in Dixie), they come in various sizes:

[wardaddy]

Indeed.

[Red Badger]

....12-mile chase.

Any lawyer who brings this proposed suit to court should have their law license REVOKED AND BURNED on the courthouse steps and the University Law School should demand their sheepskin back!.........

[wideawake]

It was an enormous piece of equipment heading down a deadend street in which several police vehicles were congregated.

If the earthmover headed into the buildings at the end of the street the officers would have had to attempt to evacuate those buildings and could very well have died doing their job.

If it was a matter of every man for himself and the police were free to just flee the scene without any regard for public safety - you might have had a point.

But in reality that kid is lucky he didn't get the headshot he richly deserved.

[Red Badger]

....they come in various sizes...

Yes, LARGE, EXTRA-LARGE, EXTRA-EXTRA-LARGE, and HUMONGOUS!

[reagan_fanatic]

Yep, the cops had already grown roots and thus completely immobile.

You're right. The Cops should have just gotten out of the way and let the poor kid have his fun.


/sarc

[lOKKI]

Let's see.... he couldn't hear the policeman, so he didn't think he had to stop a stolen vehicle that he wasn't licensed to drive?
Gee, the policemen has just wandered by, and is complimenting his ability to maneuver this huge machine?

I think any attorney that takes the case should be ashamed of himself.

The true motive here is to get the government to pay the kid's very expensive medical bills - but, hey, your tax dollars were going to do that anyhow.

[Freebird Forever]

Dresner was hit by two of the four bullets fired, reports show.

Kudos to these LEOs !

With all the recent stories about cops emptying multiple clips into a suspect (or an animal), it's reassuring to know that some LEO's are still capable of accuracy and control while under pressure.

[SJSAMPLE]

I don't want our police officers to run away from every confrontation. When a person in a stolen vehicle is confronted by a police officer, they may try to drive past (through) the officer, expecting the officer to move. Such action has been ruled, REPEATEDLY, to be assault with a deadly weapon. This gives the officer more than enough cause to fire on the suspect.

Kid got what he deserved.
Cops deserve a medal.