Shooting at a moving vehicle is deadly force. Was that justified, is the question for the officer who fired.
I don't think the officers up to that point used enough force.
Checking in to watch the cop worship.
In a FB argument over this incident in Taos NM. Good cops? Bad cops? Justified?
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State cop shoots at minivan full of kids
Thanks, Gary. I tend to think the shooting was justified in an attempt to disable the vehicle to avoid a dangerous chase through populated area, but I'm not a cop. Here is further info on the incident from Taos News.
It seems the politicians are trending toward throw the cop under the bus because of the bad press. Thanks for your and Jason's opinion on this. That's why I posted it in this forum.
It's ridiculous that anybody that would flee to begin with should be given any sympathy or benefit of doubt. This is not a defense of any of the officers involved, they cases are separate and will be dealt with that way. This is rather a comment on how screwed up things have gotten in how some people are treated by juries and by public opinion, i.e. her being a mother.
Perhaps I am too black & white, but none of this would have happened had she just shut the F up and took the ticket and for that initial escalation of events she should allowed no leeway in prosecution or sentencing.
I think most reasonable people agree how people should interact with police officers and many of us are disgusted at a lot of the societal decay we see.
This whole "none of it would have happened if not for her behavior" attitude is putting all of the blame on her and none on the officers. Criminals dont have act with restraint, polic