Your right, I didnt see how he got there and no i didnt get to see it all. Which only gives me part of the facts. But in the vid I never once saw him try and run them over. I did see in the vid where they DID run him over (which was the right thing to do to disable him).
One has to ask the question: If a man is "truely" charging at officers why the hell would they get out of the car and stand in front of it? Why wouldnt they just use thier own squad cars?
Officers want to go home at the end of the day just like everyone else. Very few people actually have a death wish. So, if he was "really" trying to run over someone why on earth would you A: get out of your squad car to allow yourself to be ran over. B: jump on the hood of the guys car in the first place and not jumped to the side. Watch the vid again he was barely moving. All they needed to do was to box him in and then take him down.
You are right on another thing, in this case he deserved what he got as in the specific person in this case. But again, what if that was your brother or another family member or co-worker that had just flipped out. They pig on the hood went too far. Taking lives so easily should not always be the answer when they are not showing eminent danger. He never even once tried to hit one of the cop cars. He we in thier direction sure, but watch again he avoided them to go around them.
Just my opinion.
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Originally Posted by MarineHawk
The douschebag was trying to run over those guys repeatedly. If you were the police man (hereinafter "Pig"), would you let him run you over to save yourself from the stigma of being called a "pig" by someone on a couch in another city? Did you even see what led up to the guy shooting (other than the perp trying to kill several people with his car)? I didn't see a "guy who jumped on his hood and ..." did you? Did he jump? Hop? Skip? Was he hit by a maniac who had recklessly endangered numerous people already and just wanted to see his wife, kids, and mom again? I didn't see that part in the video. Did you? He's driving over 100mph in a small city, ramming cops, trying to run them over. How would you like it if the "pig" had not fired his weapon and had been thrown off the car and paralyzed and another family of six driving home had all been killed in a head-on by the perp? Would that be better? Not by me -- kill the a$$hole who wll eventually end up killing others.
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