TX DPS Helicopter Shooting

[idrivea4banger]

Door Gunner: You should do a story about me sometime!
Joker: Why should we do a story about you?
Door Gunner: 'Cause I'm so fucking good! That ain't no shit neither. I done got me 157 dead Gooks killed and fifty water buffalo too! They were all certified.
Joker: Any women or children?
Door Gunner: Sometimes!
Joker: How do you shoot women and children?
Door Gunner: Easy! You just don't lead 'em so much! Haha! Ain't war hell?

[Mach1]

But since it played out the way it did, hopefully this will make the next wave of coyote runners think twice about trying this shit cause they just might get kilt.

Agreed

[ThreeFingerPete]

Do you not understand that they are suspects when they commit the crime even on view/in the process of committing?

A cop cannot shoot a murder suspect if the suspect is non-violent when approached for arrest. There is a difference between suspected of a crime and a real, immediate deadly threat.

[Pewter Y2K Z28]

Gentlemen, shooting a moving target from a chopper is tricky, cut them some slack.

[BradM]

Do you not understand the difference between "suspected of" and "in the process of committing"?

Do you not understand that they are suspects when they commit the crime even on view/in the process of committing?

[ThreeFingerPete]

People who get shot by the police are most likely suspects of a crime.

The overwhelming majority of suspects are not shot by the police.

In my original response I was responding to a statement that said cops shouldn't shoot suspects. If they shouldn't shoot suspects, who should they shoot? People who are not suspected of crimes or currently committing crimes?

Do you not understand the difference between "suspected of" and "in the process of committing"?

[BradM]

suspect in a crime is not necessarily presenting a threat to a LEO. If im suspected of a crime but pose no threat to a LEO i can still be shot?

People who get shot by the police are most likely suspects of a crime.

The overwhelming majority of suspects are not shot by the police.

In my original response I was responding to a statement that said cops shouldn't shoot suspects. If they shouldn't shoot suspects, who should they shoot? People who are not suspected of crimes or currently committing crimes?

[Pro88LX]

I said the main reason cops can shoot people is because they are suspected of a crime. They don't generally shoot people who are not suspects.

suspect in a crime is not necessarily presenting a threat to a LEO. If im suspected of a crime but pose no threat to a LEO i can still be shot?

[GeorgeG.]

what if the no good messikans kidnapped some legal white kiddos or women, unload on that sucker!

I know... and honestly I don't see why they couldn't shoot the tires out and just wait for the truck to become inoperable.

But since it played out the way it did, hopefully this will make the next wave of coyote runners think twice about trying this shit cause they just might get kilt.

[BradM]

but thats not what you said..

I said the main reason cops can shoot people is because they are suspected of a crime. They don't generally shoot people who are not suspects.

[Pro88LX]

The cop would be shooting a suspect.

but thats not what you said..

[BradM]

Cops are allowed to shoot people when confronted with a threat of deadly force.

The cop would be shooting a suspect.

[ThreeFingerPete]

I'm pretty sure that's the main reason cops are allowed to shoot people.

Cops are allowed to shoot people when confronted with a threat of deadly force.

[mikec]

I say that the state CAN be sued. He initially said it couldn't. Got anything else?

Ha, don't need anything else. I thought it mildly humorous that he was challenging you.

Now get them panties out yo crack, they're making you uptight...

[UserX]

That's a bad shoot, the end. They had no way of knowing the citizenship of those people, and if they'd been teenagers screwing around, this would be an FTP thread.

Yup. Pretty sad actually. Shoot first, ask questions later.