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Watch: Officer fires through window in Las Vegas car chase
https://www.liveleak.com/view?t=Cq6GN_1531842001 ^ | euornews

Posted on 07/17/2018 11:12:48 AM PDT by dragnet2

Watch: Officer fires through window in Las Vegas car chase An officer in Las Vegas fired through a window in a dramatic high-speed car chase last Wednesday.

The police unit released the video on Monday which showed dramatic body camera footage of an officer at the wheel, grabbing his gun, and peppering his windhsield with bullets to stop the suspect from getting away.

The chase and shootout, which occurred July 11, came after officers responded to an attempted murder call, police said.

Another police car joined the chase but was shot at by the suspects a number of times. Metropolitan Police Department Assistant Sheriff Tim Kelly said in a statement that the second officer’s car was hit by bullets at least twice, forcing him to abandon the chase.

He added that during the pursuit, the two suspects, Fidel Miranda, 23, and 30-year-old Rene Nunez, fired 34 shots at officers and hit several marked police vehicles.

One suspect was killed during the pursuit, while the other was left wounded.


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To: cyclotic
Actually firing through the windshield is a legitimate technique and trained in some quarters.

Certainly it's sometimes necessary when firing into a vehicle, which cops sometimes do. After being somewhat deflected by the windshield the rounds are only a foot or two from the target.

Firing out of a vehicle through a windshield is a whole nother kettle of fish. The rounds have a much longer distance to the target after being deflected. Not only is it stupid and unsafe to use a firearm that way, the odds are high that it will also be quite futile, a waste of rounds. Geometry matters.

141 posted on 07/17/2018 7:34:47 PM PDT by JustaTech (A mind is a terrible thing)
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To: laplata

Yep, just watched again.....and again....

He’ll never wear a badge again. Watched too many movies.

Didn’t even have enough range time with his gear to get a fresh mag seated without fumbling with it.

Beginning was even worse, honestly....high speed chase with his finger on the trigger. Going lefty for a second to shoot out the driver side window, before he thought better.

I don’t want him having a badge/and/or/gun.


142 posted on 07/17/2018 8:38:14 PM PDT by 1_Inch_Group (Country Before Party)
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To: 1_Inch_Group

You nailed it.

I saw that one person was wounded. It’s a miracle no one was killed with all those bullets flying around.


143 posted on 07/17/2018 8:52:27 PM PDT by laplata (Liberals/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: DoughtyOne

You, too, friend.


144 posted on 07/17/2018 8:55:49 PM PDT by laplata (Liberals/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: laplata

“:^)


145 posted on 07/17/2018 9:03:41 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (01/26/18 DJIA 30 stocks $26,616.71 48.794% > open 11/07/16 215.71 from 50% increase 1.2183 yrs)
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To: vette6387
Are you kidding? They fired 34 rounds at the cops. What did you expect them to do, discontinue the chase?

I wasn't part of that exchange and just guessing, but I'd expect the lead car to back off a bit but keep the suspect vehicle in sight. Not only for the cops own safety but everyone else, in the hopes the suspects would maybe stop firing recklessly and indiscriminately at the cops. I would do this while requesting air support and coordinating ground units on exact locations and direction so as to quickly set up perimeter so when the pursuit ended there would be lots of ground support close by.

Btw, it really hard to hit anything from a fast moving vehicle, especially at another fast moving vehicle who's trying their best to evade you.

146 posted on 07/17/2018 9:05:36 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: dragnet2

Where in the hell did he learn that THAT was a good idea?

He should be fired or at least suspended for this.


147 posted on 07/18/2018 5:34:27 AM PDT by Mr. K (No consequence of repealing Obamacare is worse than Obamacare itself.)
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To: Gator113

“Actually, after reading your tripe in the post I had responded to, I didn’t bother to read anything else by you. I don’t give a hoot what else you might have said.”

You should wear a condom on your head since if you’re going to act like a dick then you should dress like one too.

(Damn shame I’m wasting this burn on someone who will never read it.)


148 posted on 07/18/2018 9:53:19 AM PDT by MeganC (There is nothing feminine about feminism.)
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To: DoughtyOne

DO you need to “excuse TexasGator, he’s the guy who supports what the cops did in Whacko, Texas. He’s one of those “the bikers all deserved to die guys!” I wouldn’t give him the time of day. He’s “bipolar,” in that he thought the Whacko cops killing bikers with AR-15’s at Twin Peaks was a “good thing!”


149 posted on 07/18/2018 10:42:41 AM PDT by vette6387
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To: 1_Inch_Group

“Didn’t even have enough range time with his gear to get a fresh mag seated without fumbling with it.”

That’s about the dumbest thing I’ve read here. If you were in the cop’s position reloading after being shot at and needing to get in battery ASAP because he was in close proximity to the perps, you’d be $hitting your pants.


150 posted on 07/18/2018 10:48:19 AM PDT by vette6387
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To: vette6387

I’m familiar with my gear....

Pulling a mag out of the pouch, it’s always in the same position. Muscle memory from repetition.

Yeah, my hands would be shaking too, but I’d never try to jam in a magazine backwards.


151 posted on 07/18/2018 11:00:16 AM PDT by 1_Inch_Group (Country Before Party)
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To: DoughtyOne

“Let’s deal with reality here.”

LOL!


152 posted on 07/18/2018 11:06:25 AM PDT by TexasGator (Z1)
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To: MeganC

Just 3 more days and you should be done with your period and feel good again. Until then, stay away from other humans and eat Midol like candy.


153 posted on 07/18/2018 11:24:20 AM PDT by Gator113 ( ~~Trump 2020~~ There needs to be a quieting of the screaming lambs.)
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To: vette6387

I’m probably the only guy on the forum that didn’t tune in to the Biker Waco incident.

For some reason it never caught my attention.

I’ll have to plead the fifth here, because I don’t know enough about it to judge anyone for their stance on it.


154 posted on 07/19/2018 8:24:36 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (01/26/18 DJIA 30 stocks $26,616.71 48.794% > open 11/07/16 215.71 from 50% increase 1.2183 yrs)
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To: TexasGator

Okay, then you have a hard time with reality.

1. These perps had already killed one man

2. They were trying to evade police by driving recklessly in traffic, threatening the lives of many other people on the road

3. They were firing their weapons at police officers with many members of the public in the vicinity

4. They were desperate and would have done anything to escape, include kill more people

5. If they had been cornered and able to, they would have taken hostages

6. Any attempt to take these men off the street, was better than allowing them to kill more innocents

7. These men were killed/apprehended

8. The community was then safe

9. The officer complied with his department’s polices, to take these men off the streets


155 posted on 07/19/2018 8:30:34 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (01/26/18 DJIA 30 stocks $26,616.71 48.794% > open 11/07/16 215.71 from 50% increase 1.2183 yrs)
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To: DoughtyOne
You owe it to yourself to read up on the sorry abrogation of civil rights that is associated with the Whacko Biker case. It again shows us how government can break the law and for a time, get away with it. The good news is now those arrested who had no part in the melee, are getting their days in court (now something like three or four year late) and their “cases” are being thrown out. Also the beaner DA has lost his bid to re-election. In the end, the stupid citizens of Waco are going to see huge financial settlements that are coming as a result of the unlawful behavior of their government (city and county), eat heavily into their pockets.
The whole sored process shows us all how the legal system needs some additional constraints against rogue prosecutors (can you also say Robert Mueller?).
156 posted on 07/19/2018 8:48:45 AM PDT by vette6387
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To: vette6387

I accept the admonition to check this out. I think that’s a reasoned thing to mention to me.

Others have been on top of this from the beginning, and I don’t think I’d bring anything new to it. I’d feel rather silly trying to weigh in on it, since I haven’t followed it like they have.


157 posted on 07/19/2018 8:53:39 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (01/26/18 DJIA 30 stocks $26,616.71 48.794% > open 11/07/16 215.71 from 50% increase 1.2183 yrs)
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To: DoughtyOne

“The officer complied with his department’s polices, “

That is not what his chief said.


158 posted on 07/19/2018 10:49:44 AM PDT by TexasGator (Z1)
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To: DoughtyOne

Is there any indication that his rapid fire through the windshield was effective?


159 posted on 07/19/2018 10:52:38 AM PDT by TexasGator (Z1)
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To: TexasGator

Has he been fired?


160 posted on 07/19/2018 10:57:22 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (01/26/18 DJIA 30 stocks $26,616.71 48.794% > open 11/07/16 215.71 from 50% increase 1.2183 yrs)
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