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lame54

(39,167 posts) Wed Dec 24, 2014, 06:27 PM Dec 2014

Cop Shoots His Own Tire [View all]

http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/berkeley-officer-fatally-shoots-teenager-at-gas-station/article_d45db16a-7422-5307-b81d-b45dbdc896ba.html

At that point, the chief said, the officer got his handgun, "and fired what we think is three shots." Belmar said one round struck the suspect, Antonio D. Martin, 18, and one struck a tire of the police car. Police said they did not immediately know where the third round went.

A man is aiming a gun at the cops
The cop draws and shoots his own tire while lifting his hand into position to shoot the man
The man hears the first shot and doesn't fire allowing the cop to shoot him
The cop fires two shots to hit the man and the man never fires at all
Sound reasonable?

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Cop Shoots His Own Tire [View all] lame54 Dec 2014 OP

Nope, neither does the cop not wearing the body cam and the BPD showing edited video... uponit7771 Dec 2014 #1

Well, the tire was black... nt Mnemosyne Dec 2014 #2

And the tire was reaching for its waist pinboy3niner Dec 2014 #4

You know they would. :) nt Mnemosyne Dec 2014 #6

^this^ L0oniX Dec 2014 #21

I wonder if Martin had a cell phone with a camera? nt Malraiders Dec 2014 #3

Well, the tire was black -- and unarmed n/t nichomachus Dec 2014 #5

Rushed him. Downwinder Dec 2014 #7

tire had the face of a demon - n/t Locrian Dec 2014 #10

This message was self-deleted by its author Downwinder Dec 2014 #14

Well in all fairness, you have to shoot a tire because you cannot choke it out. Rex Dec 2014 #8

The decedent had a hi-point 9mm _Blue_ Dec 2014 #9

Yep. UncleYoder Dec 2014 #11

Especially with the serial number filed off. _Blue_ Dec 2014 #12

THere's no UNEDITED video of the decent pointing a gun uponit7771 Dec 2014 #17

Missed shots are fairly common, particularly under stress. branford Dec 2014 #13

In August of 2012, Jeffrey Johnson pulled out a gun and shot a former coworker. Calista241 Dec 2014 #15

I remember that shooting . . . branford Dec 2014 #18

bad marksmanship is all the proof you need?... lame54 Dec 2014 #19

it's not marksmanship. It's panic. Why would a trained officer pull the trigger while still drawing Calista241 Dec 2014 #22

Here's a video of it Politicalboi Dec 2014 #16

we may laugh at that... lame54 Dec 2014 #20

"A man is aiming a gun at the cops " NickB79 Dec 2014 #23

If the majority of criminals were smart, ManiacJoe Dec 2014 #24