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hunduc · Feb 2nd, 2006, 1:27 pm

Did you guys see this

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Did you guys see this shit?! I just saw it on the NBC Nightly News. After a high-speed chase with police, the young Iraq veteran who was following the cop's orders, was shot point blank, for no apparent reason. Here's the story on CNN :http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/02/01/police.shooting/

Feb 2nd, 2006, 2:32 pm

is there a link for the vid? or has it not been released?

MikeM · Feb 2nd, 2006, 2:35 pm

Sad for everyone involved.

Have you read Malcolm Gladwell's book "Blink"? There's a chapter devoted to this very topic. Bottom line: High-speed chases are VERY stressful and in stressful situations even well-trained, very experienced people make horrible mistakes they would never make in "normal" circumstances. Not defending anyone here. But there are some great insights in that book.

hunduc · Feb 2nd, 2006, 2:40 pm

http://photos.sfvbikenight.com/showp...hp?photo=18255

hunduc · Feb 2nd, 2006, 2:42 pm

I bet its stressful , but there was no danger shown in that video to warrant the officer to shoot once let alone 3 times.

kingsnake1650 · Feb 2nd, 2006, 3:00 pm

It must have been opposite day???????

MikeM · Feb 2nd, 2006, 3:00 pm

The act of participating in a high speed chase is pretty stressful all by itself. Then add to that the fact that so many of the people stopped today are armed - in some cases heavily armed - and very dangerous. Beyond that, there's no telling what happened to that particular officer in the hours, days or weeks before the incident. Fellow officer shot? Amost run over by the arrestee in a "routine" traffic stop?

Please read the book. It's fascinating. People get so confused in high-stress situations that the officer may have meant to say "Get down" instead of "Get up" and honestly believed that's what he actually said although the video proves otherwise. Stress can cause people to do some things that are almost inexplicable...

Doesn't make it right. Doesn't justify it one bit. But it may help you understand what happened.

Or maybe that cop was a bad apple who just couldn't wait to kill someone the first chance he got. We may never know.

hunduc · Feb 2nd, 2006, 3:15 pm

Your right , and all people must pay for their actions. The kid driving that was speeding and did'nt stop at first. This kid that was shot was the passemger so what charges will he get. The police officers should be evaluated more often due to the risks and stress they go through, and the money they make are pennies for putting their life on the line. That book probably is a good book maybe one day I pick a copy of it to read.

zooom · Feb 2nd, 2006, 3:30 pm

all I can say is that if that deputy retains his job....there's gonna be hell to pay!

hunduc · Feb 2nd, 2006, 3:39 pm

Him and his family will never have to work again , he will get millions. I hope the DA gets him for attempted murder and everything else he deserves