An acorn fell on his car. He thinks he has been shot by the man handcuffed in the back of the car, falls to the ground and empties a clip into his own patrol car while panicking about his gunshot wound. Somehow nobody died.
This may justify its own thread, but it’s already being discussed in the following thread:
Here’s the story from the POV of the guy in the patrol car that the two stormtroopers failed to hit with dozens of shots from close range.
And in the Stupid Gun News of the Day thread.
What can I say, Florida (police)Man’s presence is felt widely.
I’m not so sure I agree 100% with your policework frisk there Jesse.
I’m guessing you didn’t mean to pull my post over to this thread, but while I’m here, this incident reminds me of a scene from Brooklyn 99.
I’m surprised the cop didn’t add charges to the perp of obstruction and resisting arrest for it.
There’s a reason Andy only gave Barney a gun and no bullets. We might want to revive that practice in US law enforcement.
He had one bullet. I wonder who he was expected to use it on?
But this was a controversial encounter between law-enforcement and a large plant.
An acorn is a young oak. The cop was shooting at a child. /s
The acorn struck his vehicle. Clearly, the officer was justified in shooting based on the “it was coming right at me” doctrine.
Thanks for the correction. That one-bullet idea was rattling around in my head when I posted.
IMO … He was (probably rightly) expected to miss with the first (and only) shot.
The acorn was later killed by Kyle Rittenhouse.
Barney usually did a pretty good job hitting his holster.
Uhm… am I seeing things or does his partner proceed to ALSO fire blindly just because the other dude did? Not trying to identify a threat and where it might be, just starts blasting 'cause.
That’s what I read; that the partner also started to shoot.
I’ve watched the body cam footage and the thing I can’t get my brain around is I don’t hear a gunshot . . . I don’t even hear the acorn.
I think the bullet came along with this poem:
When you’re wounded and left on Mayberry’s Main,
And the Fun Girls come out to cut out what remains,
Just roll to your pistol and blow out your brains,
And go to your God like a deputy.
Did you ever notice that Sheriff Andy was a widower?
Yep. That acorn (and any innocent bystanders) didn’t have a chance.