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KamaAina

(78,249 posts) Fri Apr 10, 2015, 06:56 PM Apr 2015

The LAPD rolled out 2 giant SUVs and an armored vehicle to chase a guy in a stolen Taxi prius (x GD)

2 SUVs and a tank loaded with heavily armed swat guys to take down one black man in an allegedly stolen Prius.

It just ended but that was surreal.

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h/t 951-Riverside

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The LAPD rolled out 2 giant SUVs and an armored vehicle to chase a guy in a stolen Taxi prius (x GD) (Original Post) KamaAina Apr 2015 OP

"The Bell cab taxi was stolen at gunpoint about 1:25 p.m. in the 5000 block of Cimarron," PoliticAverse Apr 2015 #1

and they say you can't find a cab in LA... dhill926 Apr 2015 #2

we lost reality 20 years ago olddots Apr 2015 #3

Use of the hardware was appropriate and well done. Hoppy Apr 2015 #4

Plain old units could not have handled this? KamaAina Apr 2015 #5

I watched it live PasadenaTrudy Apr 2015 #6

It slowed down? KamaAina Apr 2015 #7

Way too many PasadenaTrudy Apr 2015 #8

PoliticAverse

(26,366 posts)

1. "The Bell cab taxi was stolen at gunpoint about 1:25 p.m. in the 5000 block of Cimarron,"

Reply to KamaAina (Original post)

Fri Apr 10, 2015, 07:00 PM

Apr 2015

From: http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-suspect-carjacked-taxi-20150410-story.html

dhill926

(16,358 posts)

2. and they say you can't find a cab in LA...

Reply to KamaAina (Original post)

Fri Apr 10, 2015, 07:04 PM

Apr 2015

olddots

(10,237 posts)

3. we lost reality 20 years ago

Reply to KamaAina (Original post)

Sat Apr 11, 2015, 12:41 AM

Apr 2015

life imitates TV now

Hoppy

(3,595 posts)

4. Use of the hardware was appropriate and well done.

Reply to KamaAina (Original post)

Sat Apr 11, 2015, 08:50 AM

Apr 2015

KamaAina

(78,249 posts)

5. Plain old units could not have handled this?

Reply to Hoppy (Reply #4)

Sat Apr 11, 2015, 01:21 PM

Apr 2015

edit: They did OK when it was a white Bronco.

PasadenaTrudy

(3,998 posts)

6. I watched it live

Reply to KamaAina (Original post)

Sat Apr 11, 2015, 01:24 PM

Apr 2015

It lasted like 2 hours and there were so many people, incl kids running up to this car when it slowed down. Apparently he was handing out money. It had to come to an end, so I guess they did what they had to do...

KamaAina

(78,249 posts)

7. It slowed down?

Reply to PasadenaTrudy (Reply #6)

Sat Apr 11, 2015, 01:26 PM

Apr 2015

Would that not have been the perfect opportunity to nab the perp via conventional means?

PasadenaTrudy

(3,998 posts)

8. Way too many

Reply to KamaAina (Reply #7)

Sat Apr 11, 2015, 05:07 PM

Apr 2015

people around. Too dangerous. I could see why they did what they did.

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