Fast cop, stupid perp.

Matthew Hajicek · June 19, 2021, 04:28 PM

Perp wins the stupid prize.

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gcode · June 19, 2021, 05:34 PM

That was some very nice shooting

ghuns · June 21, 2021, 05:28 AM

[quote="Matthew Hajicek" post_id=12567 time=1624145327 user_id=57]
Perp wins the stupid prize.

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Really?

Figured you'd go with, cop shoots fleeing suspect in back.

Jim at Gentex · June 21, 2021, 06:01 AM

Wow.
That video clip shows how quickly a situation can escalate, and how quickly an officer must react.
This is a good case of the officer's body-cam footage removing all doubt as to what exactly happened. :_thumbup:

I would say he kept his cool pretty well, all things considered.
Motorcycle cops are completely exposed in a situation like that, so he did well to ditch the bike quickly and head for cover.

It's also a good object lesson for car thieves.
Shoot at a cop, suffer the consequences.

Jeff · June 21, 2021, 07:14 AM

Quote from: gcode post_id=12568 time=1624149258 user_id=60That was some very nice shooting

Hell yes it was, especially given the stress of the situation.

ghuns · June 21, 2021, 07:21 AM

Couldn't he have just shot him in the leg?

gcode · June 21, 2021, 07:46 AM

Quote from: Jeff post_id=12585 time=1624284851 user_id=103
Quote from: gcode post_id=12568 time=1624149258 user_id=60That was some very nice shooting

Hell yes it was, especially given the stress of the situation.

He even shoots better that those stone cold killers on the TV cop shows :p

gcode · June 21, 2021, 09:12 AM

Quote from: ghuns post_id=12581 time=1624278526 user_id=75[quote="Matthew Hajicek" post_id=12567 time=1624145327 user_id=57]
Perp wins the stupid prize.

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Really?

Figured you'd go with, cop shoots fleeing suspect in back.

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naaw.. he hit that guy under his right armpit, straight through the chest cavity
that clown was dead before he hit the ground.

Matthew Hajicek · June 21, 2021, 09:21 AM

There's a frame or two you can see the stock of the officer's AR-15 on the rear right of his bike. If the perp, who had already shot at the cop, got ahold of that he would have become even more of a threat. I think this cop did everything 100% right.

Jim at Gentex · June 21, 2021, 10:53 AM

[quote="Matthew Hajicek" post_id=12589 time=1624292489 user_id=57]
There's a frame or two you can see the stock of the officer's AR-15 on the rear right of his bike. If the perp, who had already shot at the cop, got ahold of that he would have become even more of a threat. I think this cop did everything 100% right.
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Wow...that's a serious compliment coming from you, given your usual anti-cop default position.

I agree with you 100%.
Dude was either trying to take the bike to continue fleeing, or the weapon, but I think he quickly decided that was as bad of an idea as shooting at the cop in the first place.

It turned out to be the last bad decision he ever made, but the result is 100% on him.

Incogneeto · June 21, 2021, 12:24 PM

[quote="Jim at Gentex" post_id=12594 time=1624297982 user_id=83]
[quote="Matthew Hajicek" post_id=12589 time=1624292489 user_id=57]
There's a frame or two you can see the stock of the officer's AR-15 on the rear right of his bike. If the perp, who had already shot at the cop, got ahold of that he would have become even more of a threat. I think this cop did everything 100% right.
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Wow...that's a serious compliment coming from you, given your usual anti-cop default position.

I agree with you 100%.
Dude was either trying to take the bike to continue fleeing, or the weapon, but I think he quickly decided that was as bad of an idea as shooting at the cop in the first place.

It turned out to be the last bad decision he ever made, but the result is 100% on him.
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Maybe it was Luck . But from what I saw his line of fire was clear. I kept thinkin chit whats behind him. Cars were not rolling past on the opposite side. would have been a chit storm if an innocent got hit.

Jim at Gentex · June 21, 2021, 12:35 PM

Quote from: Incogneeto post_id=12600 time=1624303443 user_id=72Maybe it was Luck . But from what I saw his line of fire was clear. I kept thinkin chit whats behind him. Cars were not rolling past on the opposite side. would have been a chit storm if an innocent got hit.

Yup.
Conditions at that exact moment were good for him to safely return fire without undue risk to public safety, so he did.
Sometimes you do need a little bit of luck on your side even when you do everything right.

In this case the officer did do everything right, and even the intangibles like traffic were also on his side.

If he hesitated for even a second it could have ended differently if either a car passed through his line of fire, or if the shooter made it back to his vehicle and was able to take off again.