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Last edited Mon Apr 23, 2018, 06:07 PM - Edit history (1)
If this guy had done this to a police officer in the U.S., he would have been shot 20,000 times.
I can't get over how the officer didn't open fire. Maybe he could tell it wasn't a gun?
https://www.cp24.com/video?clipId=851942
That link has changed...here's a different view
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/breaking-toronto-canada-van-crash-12414819
The first link showed the suspect pointing something at the police officer, then putting it behind his back, then pulling it out real quick and pointing again. But that link is gone.
malaise
(268,968 posts)The culture is different and I'm betting that if they had shot him, they would have hit his hand.
C Moon
(12,213 posts)and wear khakis and body armor.
EllieBC
(3,014 posts)The RCMP here most certainly have SUVs. Stop romanticizing some silly ideal.
Tipperary
(6,930 posts)C Moon
(12,213 posts)Politeness goes a long way on DU.
Queen of the Iceni
(22 posts)not just the ones in the video....you know, like you were having a dig at America.
NutmegYankee
(16,199 posts)It's a very difficult shot and the odds of missing are extremely high. Sure, people can group shots tightly with a pistol, but that is from a competition stance, stable breathing and stable heart rate with no adrenaline flowing. And frankly, if the officer had the time to stabilize and aim that shot, they had the opportunity to not shoot at all.
muriel_volestrangler
(101,311 posts)This modified link seems to go to the correct one: https://www.cp24.com/video?clipId=851942#1377667
C Moon
(12,213 posts)at the officer. and then moving it behind his back and then pointing it again.
Like he wanted to be shot.
I'll look for the link again.
Thanks!
OliverQ
(3,363 posts)And I'm going to Toronto in a few weeks.
dalton99a
(81,475 posts)malaise
(268,968 posts)just saying