None of this would happened if the mother - who is clearly an idiot - had not taken off after first being pulled over. She would have gotten a ticket or a warning only.
Really stupid of her to pull away when pulled over...she would have gotten a speeding ticket...
All that said...it unconscionable for the police to open fire on a moving van with children in it...
What in the hell type of training are these police getting ?
I don’t think they should have opened fire. That was not the way to go with kids in the vehicle. The officers should answer for that. They should lose their jobs and perhaps face prosecution.
As for the mother, SHE put her children in danger when she refused to cooperate with the officers on scene. What the hell woman? You’ve got your family in the car. You are putting your kids in danger.
If the officers are catching you having done something you don’t want to get caught for, you have to put that aside and bite the bullet. Your kids are at risk you idiot.
I hope they throw the book at her as well. The son was put in a very awkward situation. I wouldn’t go after him tooth and nail.
The one thing that bothered me was the officer shooting at the vehicle as it was taking off, knowing there were children in the van.
On further reflection, the driver probably should not be allowed to drive a car on public streets. She acted very foolishly. This could have become a very ugly incident in a very short time.
Stupid mother. Stupider cops. They need to find another occupation.
She should have held out for the colonoscopy special.
It looks like just one of the cops opened fire, one of the guys who arrived for backup.
He should lose his job.
The mom should go to jail.
While the mother was clearly wrong in taking off and resisting arrest, she should also be charged with endangering the children.
The cops? Have they not got helicopters in New Mexico? Or spike belts? Both would be far safer than shooting at children in a moving vehicle! Maybe there was a dog on board, which would explain much of the cop’s actions!
Leni
The latest installment of “Cops Gone Wiiiiild!”
Everyone involved (driver and cops) should go to prison for a very long time.
They got what they asked for.
After watching the video, it looked to me like the cops were doing fine, until that johnny come lately ran up and started firing into the car.
My computer is terrible, but if I saw it correctly, the shooter is the only one in trouble.
Sometimes I think we would all be better off if cops are disarmed. In this case the cops might have thought there was a dog in the care with the kids.
The mom is too stupid to be a mom.
I believe that the police who fired on the vehicle may not have known there were other children inside. Alternatively, they may have been shooting low, at tires.
No excuse for shooting at the vehicle but the woman is a moron.
Let’s see. “We don’t know the whole sttory.” won’t work because the whole story is recorded. “She made a threatening gesture” won’t work because she’s driving away. guess we’ll have to go with “We’re cops we can shoot anyone at any time for any reason and we missed out on killing that woman in DC last month so we’ll do the same here.” Yep that works
Have they stopped teaching cops the whole “arresting” people thingy? Just kinda pull out guns and shoot...dogs ..deer..people whatever.
That poor woman in the Mall in Washington who was shot dead had a child in the car too.
Not one of these cops, who responded as backup, thought to use their vehicle to block this woman’s van?