[Bikers4Bush]

I don't want you to say I'm right at all. I agree they serve a purpose and that they are needed but I think that for the most part these days cops are sitting by the side of the road generating revenue while babies are being stolen from minivans.

We need them to be catching criminals and thwarting crimes. Today the local departments won't even grab illegal aliens since there's no money in it for them. Put a bounty on the number of illegals that local police departments round up and just watch what happens. It's all about the $.

Again, let me say that I don't advocate shooting cops over traffic stops. Me thinks this guy knew he was gonna get busted for the gun he never had taken away but was in his car and decided to try and prevent that.

[ResistorSister]

Me thinks this guy knew he was gonna get busted for the gun he never had taken away but was in his car and decided to try and prevent that.

But...don't you think he should of had a better plan to prevent that...than...SPEED OFF and SHOOT?

[wimpycat]

The only thing about local cops and illegals is being an illegal alien is a violation of federal law (I would think), not a state violation (I would think) and local LEO's don't enforce federal laws (and vice versa), but state and/or city laws. They also don't have the means to hook up to any databases of illegal aliens(if they exist). But maybe if they catch some more speeders they can pay for some computers to look up illegals or more cops to catch them!! (LOL! Sorry, I couldn't resist throwing that in.)

[hellinahandcart]

Me thinks this guy knew he was gonna get busted for the gun he never had taken away but was in his car and decided to try and prevent that.

It's been a while since I lived in Ohio, but I'm pretty sure it's legal to have a gun in your car there, and Matthews had no criminal record so it was fine for him to *have* it. I could be wrong about this; as I said, I moved away from there many years ago.

Brandishing the gun as you speed away from a traffic stop, on the other hand...

[alnick]

Me thinks this guy knew he was gonna get busted for the gun he never had taken away but was in his car and decided to try and prevent that.

There are several articles about this case here on FR, and in them are several references to the fact that Matthews has been telling people for years that he will kill any police officer who tries to arrest him or infringe on his "rights." That gun was in his car for the purpose of murdering a police officer and in the process making a name for himself.