"Whoa, whoa, whoa! Nice shootin', Tex!"
SnakeDoc
Posted on 11/12/2010 11:33:28 AM PST by posterchild
Two Kansas City police officers who thought they were being shot at from inside a van returned fire Thursday night.
Only later did police realize that the van was actually backfiring and the man inside was not armed. He was not injured by the shots fired by police.
Windows of the police car were apparently shot out by the officers as they exited the patrol car.
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“shot out their own windows”...LOL
Reminds me of a line in “Rooster” Katherine Hepburn “Marshall Cogburn you are shooting your own food!”
Will you have police shooting at you?
suggestions:
Turner and Too Much Hooch
Fatman and Little Boy
Dumb and Dumber
The most important thing to a policeman is, that at the end of the day, they go home alive.
I will give them the slack on not being able to discern the difference between a backfire and gunfire.
I will not give them the benefit of the doubt for firing on a target with out verifying the target is an offensive target (a possible felon with a deadly weapon).
After all is it not the argument of the gun grabbers that LEOs are highly trained on the proper response to incidents exactly such as this. They should not be shooting until there is reasonable certainty that the suspect is armed and dangerous.
I’m also wondering if these cops are Iraqi war veterans with PTSD.
In that case, they would have every right to fire at random.
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"Whoa, whoa, whoa! Nice shootin', Tex!"
SnakeDoc
Yup, here in Missouri, we shoot people. Sometimes just for good measure.
I got to see the KC Police, Grandview Police and Missouri Troopers shoot a fellow once. He really, really deserved it.
He had driven by me and my son at 10:00 at night with his lights out at 125 MPH while trying to outrun officers he had earlier tried to run over with his car. He ended up in a ditch and tried to run them over again to escape just as I pulled past the mess.
If there were injuries, the police would be guilty of causing them. Hiding behind the badge would not free them of the responsibility.
Fascism is wrong, even when practiced by the government.
Concur. Good point.
I’m gonna go with the windows being shot out not by the cops exiting but by the cops trying to work up a plausible excuse. Just conjecture, mind you.
He was not injured by the shots fired by police.
Windows of the police car were apparently shot out by the officers as they exited the patrol car.
OH, I feel so safe now.
If not before, then certainly after a backfire the emissions are going to be faulty.
I haven't heard a car backfire in years.
Since none of the bullets got anywhere near the van, I'm not sure he knew they were even firing at him.
LOL! Copper hijinx.
Especially with your WINDOWS ROLLED UP and the RADIO on.
That will teach them to get a tune up.
It’s all the fault of ..... the Grandview Triangle. There are strange forces at work, once in it’s clutches.
If I dial 911 it will be after the situation is under control.
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