The officer was trying to kill these people instead of apprehending them?
Hmmmm?
“The officer was trying to kill these people instead of apprehending them?”
Are you kidding? They fired 34 rounds at the cops. What did you expect them to do, discontinue the chase? They were already murderers! In this case, I’m just sorry one of them is still breathing!
Those men opened fire on police officers three or four different times.
At that point, you’re not going in to shake hands, let me tell ya.
Your question was idiotic.
They were shooting at him.Also,cops are allowed to use lethal force on anyone considered truly dangerous even when they're just trying to escape.
I watched the video several times. That’s pretty messed up firing your weapon through the windshield while swerving/bouncing around, in a school zone, with motorist along the roadway.
As I watched, the first thing that went through my windshield...I mean, mind was, where are all those rounds traveling? If your aim is off by an inch, by the time that round contacts something, it could be off by feet/yards.
I realize there will be some who will disagree, but this guy should not be a cop. If you or I fired our weapons even in a remotely similar manner...we’d be locked up and charged with a felony.
Almost every pursuit I’ve seen in an urban environment, when an officer reports incoming fire, there are dozens of units responding. They could have cornered this vehicle, perhaps follow until they were in an area it could be rammed or run off the road...or even fired upon, but on a busy street?
Come on man!
Why would such nice Irish boys do a thing like that?
Seeing how the perps got off 34 shots, killing them was the only logical and heroic action available. It’s easier to apprehend a shooter after he bleeds out.
You won for the dumbest post of the year.
No, just trying to chase them down until they started shooting.........But you knew that...LOL!