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.
“The traffic stop took place south of Taos, New Mexico, on October 28 - but it has sparked local outrage after the video from a state police dashcam went public. “
What’s the outrage? The driver was agreed, an imbecile and didn’t it even occur to her that she had kid/s with her? A ticket is a ticket. Either argue your case with the cop or argue it in traffic court. But don’t effing’ drive away.
Not her fault. Obviously it was white-hispanic officers that were the cause of the whole altercation. Kind of like what happened with the angel tray-boy-eee martin except gz was just a wanna be cop. Tracked down and shot at without any sort of provocation. Almost looked like one of the “lyin’ king’s” sons getting out of the van. Didn’t look like NM plates either so they were an easy target for the NMSP.
These kinds of incidents are far too common
Dude, there were kids in that van. There is no excuse for the cops opening fire.
Radios work better than guns in a situation like this.
Does the term excessive force mean anything.
I have no sympathy for the idiot black woman, but to fire multiple shots at a van full of children driving away on a public roadway with traffic is simply inexcusable.
This isn't a roadblock in Iraq, and US police need to stop acting like an occupying army.
Well she probably heard about those anal searches that the New Mexico cops were doing and wanted to keep them away from her children. Can't say I blame her.
I TOTALLY agree with you with one caveat. Namely, popping off rounds at a mini van full of kids is most likely the DUMBEST thing I have ever seen in my life!
Trying REEEEEAAAAALLLLL hard to give the cop doing the shooting the benefit of the doubt, maybe he just pulled up on the scene, didn’t hear the kids and therefore in the heat of the moment did not know they were in the vehicle.
But, when you think about it, firing into a car not knowing WHO is in it is just as bad.
Not only is it the mother's fault, with the cops completely blameless, but we really need to issue RPG's to all cops, so they can blow any fleeing vehicle up! Nothing is more important than the cop going home safely!!1! We need to have them blowing up vehicles filled with children from a distance!!111!11! After all, WHO SAYS THE CHILDREN WERE BLAMELESS!! THEY PROBABLY LIED AND STOLE ANDF WOULD HAVE FGROWN UP TOB EHORRILBLE CRIMQAIhnALS!1!1q1!!11!! SUMMARY EXCEIECTUTONS!!! KILL!LL!LL JKILL~!LL!LL KILL!LLL!LLLLLL
Unless they found a warrant on the driver that said she was an armed felon or a danger to others — running away from the police is not a capital offense. At least, it did not used to be. Nowadays, any lack of deference to cops seems to invoke the death penalty.