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In reply to the discussion: Kentucky field party shooting: Teen Samantha Ramsey shot dead trying to avoid sobriety test [View all]npk
(3,701 posts)This isn't a hollywood movie for christ sake. At the start of the video the cop is to the side of the vehicle, near the drivers side door. The car is clearly in motion and leaving, true a crime no doubt, but the dumb ass cop exercised horrendous judgement. He put himself in the path of the car, not the other away around. The cop could have backed away from a situation that started off rather minor, a scared teenager trying to getaway so she could avoid getting in trouble. You know there is a tomorrow. The world will continue spinning for another sunrise. The cop could have recorded the license plate, and issued warrants. But of course that is just boring right. Got to prove you are a macho cop to your buddies on the force. Wouldn't want this cop getting teased for allowing a teenager to getaway right. And this doesn't even take into account the officer fired into a vehicle with two other people in it, who regardless of what they had done at the party, had no control over what the driver was doing or not doing.
I guess this cop has never heard the phrase "discretion is the better part of valor". Nope it was going to end badly for those kids the second John Wayne responded to the scene. Sad and disgust all around.