[Ford4000]

I didn't say it was smart - just that it happens that way. And, by the way, resisting arrest is not a capital offense.

And to the other poster who thinks I am making this up: I saw it on a Cops-like tv show. Guy tries to drive around the cops and they shoot up a residential neighborhood in response.

[xxqqzz]

It seems like the whole incident resulted from confusion and panic on both sides. The driver probably did not realize the undercover cops were cops and thought he was being attacked. The cops thought they were being attacked.

Police tend to make up stories to justify there actions, so I would not believe everything they said about showing badges etc.

This whole business of having the undercover cops hanging around strip clubs to try to bust them for alcohol and prostitution violations seems a little questionable in the first place. Undercover police need to be aware that people may not realize they are police and be more careful in their actions.

I think the police screwed up here, but I don't think it was deliberate, and certainly not racially motivated.

[photodawg]

I didn't say it was smart - just that it happens that way. And, by the way, resisting arrest is not a capital offense.
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Are you actually saying that only in cases involving the commission of a capital crime should the police be allowed to use firearms to affect an arrest? Do you ever associate in close proximity with citizens who are addicted to hard drugs, or who have served numerous years in prison as convicted felons for commission of violent crimes. You have to be aware of everything and constantly ready to respond to a situation your uniform or badge would encourage. Look some time at the multitude of videos of serious instances of violence perpetrated against officers in the course of the performance of their duty that don't involve anything approaching a capital offense. My friend you sound like a defense attorney or a LIBertarian.

[Rembrandt]

"And to the other poster who thinks I am making this up: I saw it on a Cops-like tv show. Guy tries to drive around the cops and they shoot up a residential neighborhood in response."

TV and reality are two different planets. On TV, people are magically transported to Venus. That only happens in the democrat party in the U.S.