Ft Worth Police shooting

[Lone Sailor]

you his cousin or something?


Seriously though, i agree 100%. The only thing that really sucks in this whole deal is kids lost a father and those children will be police haters, judging by the families response.

wtf?! I don't know if I was just typing faster than my brain was working or if a mod is trying to be funny. Either way, I editted my post as I am not involved in this whatsoever.

[dumpycapri85]

I didn't see the news but it sounds like he did his job well and kept his head . Hats off to him and I hope they keep him safe .

[kingjason]

I would be willing to bet the kids already hated the police. One of my friends was on a traffic stop one time and the same thing happened to him except the driving off part. He told the guy he had warrants and the guy said I am not going to jail and started rolling up the window. It actually pinned his arm really good and he had to knock out the glass to get his arm loose and then remove the guy from the car. He had a nice deep bruise in his arm. What is sad is that all my assistant chief at the time was concerned with was my friend calling the guy a MF as they got him out.

[Lone Sailor]

I would be willing to bet the kids already hated the police. One of my friends was on a traffic stop one time and the same thing happened to him except the driving off part. He told the guy he had warrants and the guy said I am not going to jail and started rolling up the window. It actually pinned his arm really good and he had to knock out the glass to get his arm loose and then remove the guy from the car. He had a nice deep bruise in his arm. What is sad is that all my assistant chief at the time was concerned with was my friend calling the guy a MF as they got him out.

I would think he would be thankful he called him a MF'er instead of something much worse and/or more offensive.

[kingjason]

I would think he would be thankful he called him a MF'er instead of something much worse and/or more offensive.

Monday morning quarterbacks can be tough on a guy. LOL

[Grape]

I would think he would be thankful he called him a MF'er instead of something much worse and/or more offensive.

19th century farm equipment?

[clevelandkid]

Fuck the driver, his kids, and everybody that went out to protest what happened.

I'm glad the officer is ok.

[03trubluGT]

Obviously this was Paladin. The guy probably had an Obama bumper sticker and a warrant for a jaywalking ticket.

You laugh, but there was a FWPD that shot a woman over a parking ticket. Of course he had the "protection".

[01-GATOR]

Not that I would think less of him if he was trying to grab the steering wheel or the keys, but why would he lie and say his arm was trapped if it in fact wasn't? In your opinion what does he really have to gain by lying about that?

He may have a lot to gain by lying, do you think that cops don't lie? If he's not lying, he did what needed to be done. Almost forgot FTP

[Rick Modena]

I don't condone shooting anyone in front of their kids. It could have been handled differently. I know the cop saw the kids on the back seat and should have told the guy to call someone to come and get them or give him the option to call someone, even if the guy drives away, let him go they can follow without getting into a shooting spree...

[03trubluGT]

I don't condone shooting anyone in front of their kids. It could have been handled differently. I know the cop saw the kids on the back seat and should have told the guy to call someone to come and get them or give him the option to call someone, even if the guy drives away, let him go they can follow without getting into a shooting spree...

There is all kinds of "what if" and "armchair quarterbacking", but as long as it's procedurally and legally sound, then I'm good with it.

Not saying that's how I would have handled it, but it takes YEARS of training and maturity to make infallible split second decisions.

[Nash B.]

Sounds like he did a really dumb thing by sticking his arm into the car. Glad it worked out OK for him though.

[Rick Modena]

There is all kinds of "what if" and "armchair quarterbacking", but as long as it's procedurally and legally sound, then I'm good with it.

Not saying that's how I would have handled it, but it takes YEARS of training and maturity to make infallible split second decisions.

You damn well know he is supposed to get the guy out of the car before he asks for DL/I and then run his DL. Everytime I get pulled over im asked to get out of the car. AND NO ONE ON THIS ENTIRE FUCKING SITE HAS BEEN PULLED OVER MORE THAN ME!
Especially if he saw the kids in the back seat, thats fucking bullshit to shoot the man in front of his kids and you know it Matt, you're a father too.

[hotrod66stang]

I don't condone shooting anyone in front of their kids. It could have been handled differently....... should have told the guy to call someone to come and get them or give him the option to call someone.

You damn well know he is supposed to get the guy out of the car before he asks for DL/I and then run his DL. Everytime I get pulled over im asked to get out of the car.
Especially if he saw the kids in the back seat, thats fucking bullshit to shoot the man in front of his kids and you know it Matt, you're a father too.

You're obviously an idiot and your extensive poor driving habits have obviously jaded you toward police. "Stop breaking the law, asshole."

#1) Quit armchair qb-ing this thing. You're not a cop, and no matter how long you "if" and "but" this, it won't change the outcome.

#2) There was a passenger in the car...he could have driven the kids home. No need to call anyone, "a man was in the front passenger seat and that three children were in the back seat."
http://www.star-telegram.com/2011/03...th-police.html

#3) Maybe he SHOULD HAVE asked the guy to step out of the car, but do you really think that would have worked? When told he was under arrest, his first thought was to lock the door and roll the window up, and drive off. The fact that a cop was hanging from his SUV didn't slow him down, either. Yeah, he probably woulda stepped right out of the car, peacefully...

#4) Under normal circumstances, yes, it's complete BS to shoot a man in front of his kids. When you're being drug down the street by an SUV? Not so much. What do you think was going to happen next? The cop gains footing on the running boards and the guy slows down, apologizes, bakes the cop some cookies and turns himself in?

Quit making excuses for scumbag pieces of shit. Excessive force? Really? The criminal's plan obviously wasn't working, and kept driving after the cop points a gun at him and repeatedly says to stop the car (in which his arm is still trapped). Is it so far-fetched to think the lowlife would have swerved to make him fall and get drug until his arm came loose (or let loose), or that he would have run him into a barrier, or anything else that endangers his life? He's already proven that he'll drag the guy down the street once. The LEO's actions were warranted and justified. END OF STORY.

[kingjason]

You damn well know he is supposed to get the guy out of the car before he asks for DL/I and then run his DL. Everytime I get pulled over im asked to get out of the car. AND NO ONE ON THIS ENTIRE FUCKING SITE HAS BEEN PULLED OVER MORE THAN ME!
Especially if he saw the kids in the back seat, thats fucking bullshit to shoot the man in front of his kids and you know it Matt, you're a father too.

Yeah uhh that is not standard practice anywhere...........