Delaware police chase, shoot, and kill suspected shoplifter
Delaware police chase, shoot, and kill suspected shoplifter
Delaware State Police are investigating a deadly trooper-involved shooting in Minquadale, New Castle County.
"While attempting to take the man into custody, he did not comply with multiple commands to stop, and he physically resisted when troopers tried to remove him from the car," a state police statement said.
"Troopers shot the man when he continued to drive in a manner that placed officers in imminent danger," the statement continued.
Why kill him, though? Why even try to pull him out of the car? Cops have the perp cornered in his car, so why didn't they let the air out of all four tires, and sit in the squad car eating doughnuts until he gets bored and gives up?
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Why even try to pull him out of the car?
Why not?? if he actually was shoplifting why not take him out of his car?
Troopers shot the man when he continued to drive in a manner that placed officers in imminent danger
Would you not agree with the cops actions if this was true?
Claiming “he was gonna run me down” is an excruciatingly common cop lie, but yes, I’ll believe it when there’s video that shows it.
You'd change your tune real fast when a criminal driving recklessly hits and kills your pet or family. Then you'd be screaming why the cops couldn't stop the idiot prior.
So we’re executing people for reckless driving now?
driving towards you, with no intention to stop is attempting to murder you.
Good thing that’s not what we’re talking about then yeah?
Considering how absolutely careless so many people are on the road, I'd be 100% fine with it. If they're allowed to put me at risk of death by doing 100 MPH in a 45 MPH zone, why can't I defend myself from them? If some idiot was running around a store waving a gun, I'd hope he would get shot as well, but because it's a car all of a sudden it's sacred ground? No, get the fuck out of here.
It's really difficult to stop a 5 ton death machine, carrying a lot of momentum, barreling out of control and commandeered by a person with little mental capacity for critical thinking to threaten people's lives.
It's really easy to throw little nine millimeter rocks at supersonic speeds at them to neutralize the guy controlling the multi-ton death machine.
Right except it doesn’t stop the machine, does it? If you kill the driver, they’ll probably not hit the brakes right?
So the cop would still be dead if the car was actually driving towards them, or if the cop could dodge then the excuse for shooting was obviously false.
I do not know what retard reality you live in where cops are fighting cars on foot, the context here is that the cops are conducting a high speed chase in fucking police cars and need to stop the maniac from killing as many people as possible. So the solution is to block the car in with their own patrol vehicles and kill the idiot.
Otherwise it sounds like you're okay with mentally ill criminals willy nilly driving through crowds of families until he runs out of fuel?
You obviously didn’t read the article, or else you’re just a stupid person, but I’m pretty sure the officers “attempting to remove him from the car” would be on foot.
You'd change your tune real fast when a cop driving recklessly hits and kills your pet or family. Then you'd be screaming why the cops couldn't stop the idiot prior.
No, I would not. I would sue the city and police department to the point where it would seriously burden the taxpayer and I would be set for life due to the lifetime anguish I had convinced the lawyer and judge to pay me.
I cannot do any of that to a low level shithead criminal that has no money.
Lol you clearly do not live in the US because this is a fantasy
Do you think if they decided it was too dangerous and let him drive off with his stolen items, that he would have turned around and gone back to run them down?
They could have kept themselves and the public safer by tracking him down later and tacking on a few more charges. Thet chose to kill him instead.
They wouldn't assume that someone they caught for such a stupid crime like shoplifting, would be insane enough to try running them over. It just doesn't make sense to risk getting charged with attempted murder, over shoplifting.
Funny how you're happy to admit how outlandish and unlikely the story sounds yet you still trust the police are telling the unembellished truth and were in the right when they killed him.
I am not saying that the cops are telling the truth in my comment, I was saying that if their story is true, then their actions are justified.
I already know that they are most likely lying, but there's a possibility that this actually happened as they've told it.
Your mistake is assuming the police would tell the truth.
It's dangerous to try and take him out of the car? For everyone?