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SDjack

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28. A lawyer gave a friend some advice: Never involve the cops and courts in your family problems.

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Thu Nov 7, 2013, 04:54 PM

Nov 2013

They really hate that kind of business, and you can't control what they will do.

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Dad Calls Cops on Son to Teach Him a Lesson, Cops Shoot Son Dead [View all] Bennyboy Nov 2013 OP

Don't call cops! Dawson Leery Nov 2013 #1

Call Saul instead! Initech Nov 2013 #68

That's a pretty fucked-up family dynamic Blue_Tires Nov 2013 #2

ugh Egnever Nov 2013 #3

WRONG - the shooting will be pronounced Justified FreakinDJ Nov 2013 #14

Exactly abelenkpe Nov 2013 #15

Yep: Cali_Democrat Nov 2013 #20

I'm pretty sure the cop's career won't be ruined. Sheldon Cooper Nov 2013 #21

There were those involved with the Rodney King beating who even got promotions. AnotherMcIntosh Nov 2013 #53

They used to teach police how to get people out of cars CanonRay Nov 2013 #51

yep taught him a lesson dembotoz Nov 2013 #4

I Would Never Call The COPS otohara Nov 2013 #5

Somebody who trusted the police gollygee Nov 2013 #6

Maybe he refused to turn the truck off. They couldn't credibly claim that he lunged at them. AnotherMcIntosh Nov 2013 #58

My mom's lawyer sent me a nasty letter wanting her car back. Manifestor_of_Light Nov 2013 #7

I missed the part where your mom gave you the keys to her car. ..nt TeeYiYi Nov 2013 #12

I know this all too well.. Bennyboy Nov 2013 #13

Ummmm...did you take her car wercal Nov 2013 #16

She gave me permission to take it and drive it. I had permission. Manifestor_of_Light Nov 2013 #36

Hey, whatever helps you sleep at night.... wercal Nov 2013 #45

Well, if you were taking it and driving it all the time Yo_Mama Nov 2013 #56

Other then... Lancero Nov 2013 #23

Are you people serious? malaise Nov 2013 #24

What? Lancero Nov 2013 #25

theft is not a captial crime noiretextatique Nov 2013 #55

Objectively no. Subjectively, apparently so... socialist_n_TN Nov 2013 #62

Don't give them any more ideas. white_wolf Nov 2013 #65

Texas you can shoot a fleeing exboyfil Nov 2013 #81

I would be devastated wercal Nov 2013 #46

Not your car... Decaffeinated Nov 2013 #27

Maybe I am missing something here, Kelvin Mace Nov 2013 #29

Now I'm not a lawyer, but I'm pretty sure an ethical lawyer wouldn't have told her hughee99 Nov 2013 #33

Uh, sounds like you were in the wrong. RedCappedBandit Nov 2013 #34

When I am an old lady... Nine Nov 2013 #37

She gave me verbal permission to drive it. With no time limit. Manifestor_of_Light Nov 2013 #38

You neglected to mention the verbal permission part originally. Nine Nov 2013 #39

You mistakenly believe that your need of a car has anything to do with this. wercal Nov 2013 #43

I knew where you were coming from..... Bennyboy Nov 2013 #44

Don't let people get to you. qanda Nov 2013 #49

Pretty sure nobody is saying you should kill yourself. Captain Stern Nov 2013 #60

an *ethical* lawyer would have tried to change your mom's position to suit your driving needs?? unblock Nov 2013 #54

My lawyer thought her lawyer was unethical, if that counts for anything. Manifestor_of_Light Nov 2013 #72

Wanting her car back... NaturalHigh Nov 2013 #73

Because my mom was ready to file criminal charges against me. Manifestor_of_Light Nov 2013 #75

Well then, she definitely owed you a car. NaturalHigh Nov 2013 #77

Mob mentality? wercal Nov 2013 #78

That's so terrible. H2O Man Nov 2013 #8

Heartbreaking all the way around. Brickbat Nov 2013 #9

What ever happened to escalation of force? giftedgirl77 Nov 2013 #10

I don't know the specifics of this case wercal Nov 2013 #17

LEO & civilians are no longer required to use giftedgirl77 Nov 2013 #22

What's LEO mean? n/t truedelphi Nov 2013 #47

Law Enforcement Officer. Brigid Nov 2013 #50

It's an abbreviation AnotherMcIntosh Nov 2013 #59

Hitting police cars multiple times was exboyfil Nov 2013 #41

That was the question? If he came at them giftedgirl77 Nov 2013 #66

The full video is posted down below. It's bad. DevonRex Nov 2013 #64

We really need to defund and shut down the police forces in this country. Th1onein Nov 2013 #11

Jesus Fucking Christ. Cali_Democrat Nov 2013 #18

Yay, Cops! Iggo Nov 2013 #19

The article gawker links to is a cavalcade of stupid decisions. JVS Nov 2013 #26

A lawyer gave a friend some advice: Never involve the cops and courts in your family problems. SDjack Nov 2013 #28

Police dash cam video has been released hooptie Nov 2013 #30

That kid is an idiot. RedCappedBandit Nov 2013 #35

Unfortunately, it does not show the shooting. Shrike47 Nov 2013 #48

Look at the very end of the video, you can see the shooting jmowreader Nov 2013 #76

The official police record is always written by the police. HereSince1628 Nov 2013 #31

Cops are not here to help us. I feel sorry for this family. nt RedCappedBandit Nov 2013 #32

He was still ramming cars when he was shot exboyfil Nov 2013 #40

I tend to agree LordGlenconner Nov 2013 #63

It Was An Accident SoCalMusicLover Nov 2013 #42

When life is worth less than cigarettes. Rex Nov 2013 #52

Run from the cops- possibly get shot. CFLDem Nov 2013 #57

There seems to be an awful lot of "shoot first-ask questions later" thinking going on in copland. Warren DeMontague Nov 2013 #61

The police are way out of control 4 t 4 Nov 2013 #67

Cops like this are not Professional, they are Hot-Doggers and should not be allowed to carry guns. Agony Nov 2013 #69

Sadly these kinds of stories happen more often than not lately. Initech Nov 2013 #70

This message was self-deleted by its author damnedifIknow Nov 2013 #71

If you are sitting behind a wheel of a massive truck, you are not exactly unarmed, are you? LisaL Nov 2013 #79

This message was self-deleted by its author damnedifIknow Nov 2013 #82

I think the cops did the right thing in this case. Captain Stern Nov 2013 #74

Agree completely exboyfil Nov 2013 #80

Another Agree beemer27 Nov 2013 #83

The OP is so misleading. The kid went down wrong way streets, drove on a quad and people had to KittyWampus Nov 2013 #84