To: jim35
"Maybe they should have looked closer while she was ramming them with her car. I'm sure that's what you would have done, right?"
Two things here that I'ed like you to consider. First, if she was "boxed" in she could bump into their cars, but she could hardly RAM them. She wouldn't be able to get up any speed. If they pulled closer to her, she would not have even been able to bump into them. Although she might dammage their cars, she would hardly have put them at personal risk.
Second, What the hell were they firing into the car for if they were not sure exactly who was in it? The back seat could have been filled with children for all they knew.
Her bumping in to them (assuming she did not know they were cops) was a reasonable thing for her to do if they boxed her in as it has been reported. Especially if it were in a dangerous neighborhood.
Them shooting into a car where they could not identify the occupant(s) is not a reasonable thing to do. And it is very likely criminal.
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03/13/2003 12:09:51 PM PST by
babygene
(Viable after 87 trimesters)
To: babygene
First, if she was "boxed" in she could bump into their cars, but she could hardly RAM them. She wouldn't be able to get up any speed. If they pulled closer to her, she would not have even been able to bump into them. Although she might dammage their cars, she would hardly have put them at personal risk. A simple point that many want to overlook. It totally contradicts the claim that their "lives were in danger". I've seen "boxing in" on doznes of "police shows" like COPS and the person doesn't have room to ram anything. At best, each car would have been maybe 5-6 feet away. That's bumping at best, but not close to ramming.
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