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pinboy3niner

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4. And the tire was reaching for its waist
Wed Dec 24, 2014, 06:55 PM
Dec 2014

Grand jury finds shooting the tire obviously justified.

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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
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