How much longer would you have preferred that he endanger everyone around him?
I've got a different beef as well, I keep hearing about this on the radio and they keep acting like him getting shot on camera was the officers fault, as if they'd called in the news crews to watch this. It's despicable that situations like this occur, but it is not the officers fault that the news gets ratings off sensationalism and I would be a lot more worried if this officer allowed the presence of the news crews to affect the execuation of his training and his job.
I'm sorry, this guy FUCKING EARNED IT, especially with the gun in the car. As I've said in other threads if it gets to the point that I'm going to have to shoot the person I'm not stopping until I'm damned good and sure that he's not going for his gun again, and given the 16 rounds in a standard police issue semi-automatic, 5 rounds is extremely restrained in my opinion, as skewed as it may be.
If you don't want to get shot:
A) Don't invade someone's home and steal their fucking car.
B) Don't run from the police.
C) Don't point your gun at an officer who is most likely a better shot than you are and trained to respond to your bullshit!
My problem with people saying that this is excessive is that if the guy had fired off at the police and accidentally shot a bystander most people would be bent out of shape that they hadn't taken him down sooner, before "innocent people" got hurt.
Edit: Having watched the unedited footage I have to add some respect for the newscaster that once it became apparent that he had been shot he reprimanded the camera-man telling him to back off the shot and did not again show the body.
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Last edited by liquidlight; 05-13-2005 at 12:23 PM..
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