# "Cops" show comes to Omaha; 1 dead **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 27, 2014, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cops-show-comes-to-omaha-1-dead/696680 "2014-08-27T20:05:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2014, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cops-show-comes-to-omaha-1-dead/696680/201 "2014-08-30T03:44:47Z")
> [@Rick](#): > > Everyone seems to Ass-suming that the young lady drove straight ahead and the cop was directly in front of the car. > Cite? > It it probably more likely the cop was off to one side in front of the car and when the young lady peeled out she cranked the wheel over which put the officer in harm’s way and made her a Darwin candidate. If cop was in a place where he could be run down when they were ‘sneaking up’ on a vehicle, he was Darwin candidate well before he fired his gun. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2014, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cops-show-comes-to-omaha-1-dead/696680/202 "2014-08-30T05:23:55Z")
Does anyone want to pay $2.95 to read the article about the teenage girls and get back to us with the details? Search the Omaha World-Herald Archive [http://www.omaha.com/archive/newsbank/](http://www.omaha.com/archive/newsbank/) Search Results Searched for: “25 shots at fleeing car” AND date(all) [Note the search string was in quotes] Returned: 1 displays of 1 matches Only in The World-Herald Officers’ 25 shots at fleeing car raises concern They didn’t know they were firing at three teenage girls who panicked at the cops’ spotlight. Date: January 29, 2012 Publication: Omaha World-Herald (NE) Edition: Iowa;Midlands;Nebraska;Sunrise Section: News Page: 01B In a dark parking lot frequented by pot smokers and underage drinkers, an Omaha police officer spotted the flash of a lighter through his night vision goggles. The officer, Aarion Nielsen, and his partner, Officer John Dlouhy, trained their cruiser’s spotlight on a silver Hyundai Accent. Inside were three 17-year-old girls. Nielsen estimated the cruiser was 80 to 100 feet away. The driver later said she panicked, unaware of who was approaching, despite the spotlight and Nielsen’s… Click here for complete article ($2.95) ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2014, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cops-show-comes-to-omaha-1-dead/696680/203 "2014-08-30T15:03:28Z")
> [@Spiderman](#): > > If cop was in a place where he could be run down when they were ‘sneaking up’ on a vehicle, he was Darwin candidate well before he fired his gun. Well since cars go forward and backward and can turn in circles buy you fucked up reasoning unless the cop can fly he is a Darwin candidate? Nice. Stupid reasoning but nice ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2014, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cops-show-comes-to-omaha-1-dead/696680/204 "2014-08-30T17:03:46Z")
> [@Rick](#): > > Well since cars go forward and backward and can turn in circles buy you fucked up reasoning unless the cop can fly he is a Darwin candidate? > Nice. Stupid reasoning but nice When you [del]sneak up on[/del] approach someone, & startle them, & they may not be able to see your uniform because it’s dark & you’re partner is simultaneously blinding them with a bright light, & they then stomp the gas in fear & hit you, you’re a freaking Darwin candidate. He chose his angle of approach. If he approached the car at a 90° angle, he won’t get hit if she panics & peels out as a normal person trying to get away isn’t going to do donuts. However, if he approached the car at a, say,10° angle, he stands a real chance of doing his best impersonation of Rolls Royce’s Winged Victory. ---
**Author:** ![common\_good](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f475e1/32.png) [@common\_good](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/common_good)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2014, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cops-show-comes-to-omaha-1-dead/696680/205 "2014-09-02T22:41:26Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > Speaking of widely held opinions… A sentence fragment; don’t know where you’re going with this. Yes, another fragment. Critics…are in abundance, too, fake-leather veggie guy. ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2014, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cops-show-comes-to-omaha-1-dead/696680/206 "2014-09-02T22:45:17Z")
> [@common\_good](#): > > A sentence fragment; don’t know where you’re going with this. Yes, another fragment. Critics…are in abundance, too, fake-leather veggie guy. Perhaps I can be of assistance. That comment was referencing a poster who, in the opinion of many here, has made a boob of himself. ---
**Author:** ![common\_good](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f475e1/32.png) [@common\_good](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/common_good)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2014, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cops-show-comes-to-omaha-1-dead/696680/207 "2014-09-02T22:45:53Z")
> [@Morgenstern](#): > > Google **PALATR**. It’s a dope thing. We’re doing it now. Huh uh; I don’t do what people tell me to do unless I want to. I don’t, at this point. I’m not one one ‘you guys’, remember ? ---
**Author:** ![common\_good](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f475e1/32.png) [@common\_good](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/common_good)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2014, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cops-show-comes-to-omaha-1-dead/696680/208 "2014-09-02T22:48:58Z")
> [@Morgenstern](#): > > Perhaps I can be of assistance. That comment was referencing a poster who, in the opinion of many here, has made a boob of himself. Morgy. I know. I happen to like boobs; i.e. you can’t be of assistance, but thanks. ---
**Author:** ![common\_good](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f475e1/32.png) [@common\_good](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/common_good)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2014, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cops-show-comes-to-omaha-1-dead/696680/209 "2014-09-02T22:53:27Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Someone should tell **common good** that Oral B doesn’t make a Sonic Q-Tip. > > Oops. Too late. Someone should tell Czarcasm to try humor. It’s a good ice-breaker. Good in beverages, too. Word for the day: imperious (hope that’s spelled right; my pals here will let me know) ---
**Author:** ![common\_good](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f475e1/32.png) [@common\_good](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/common_good)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2014, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cops-show-comes-to-omaha-1-dead/696680/210 "2014-09-02T23:04:15Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Now I’m getting excited. I LOVE anonymous internet threats! Hold your water, boyo. You’re not gonna’ get in a fight. Have you ever ? ---
**Author:** ![common\_good](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f475e1/32.png) [@common\_good](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/common_good)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2014, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cops-show-comes-to-omaha-1-dead/696680/211 "2014-09-02T23:12:51Z")
> [@aruvqan](#): > > And my mothers side of the famil is from Altenkirchen Germany, and arrived over here in the early 1700s…as did so many other Americans of German descent ranging from the late 1600s until the 1930s because they didn’t want to be nazi. Call my mom a nazi? Fuckwad. > [URL=“[http://www.pinterest.com/pin/create/extension/](http://www.pinterest.com/pin/create/extension/)”] My mom wasn’t a drunk, either, as has been speculated here. But I don’t resort to personal assault. You do. And I apologized for the Nazi reference once. That enough ? ---
**Author:** ![common\_good](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f475e1/32.png) [@common\_good](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/common_good)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2014, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cops-show-comes-to-omaha-1-dead/696680/212 "2014-09-03T18:24:35Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Tell us another story, Grampa Commy! God, you’re an ass. I’m a commie ? You must be a Republican. Only they mistake human compassion for weakness. I’m a Democrat. Try to remember that, Snarky. I’ll tell you a “story” at bedtime. But, I will TELL you it’s a story, unlike the fantasies the GOP hold dear. ---
**Author:** ![common\_good](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f475e1/32.png) [@common\_good](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/common_good)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2014, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cops-show-comes-to-omaha-1-dead/696680/213 "2014-09-03T18:27:55Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > You seem to be under the misconception that your I.Q. is equal to the highest number you can count to without assistance. That’s totally understandable-many people that cannot recognize toothbrushes and Q-Tips make that same mistake. Don’t wanna’ give your IQ, huh ? Must be a reason. ---
**Author:** ![common\_good](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f475e1/32.png) [@common\_good](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/common_good)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2014, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cops-show-comes-to-omaha-1-dead/696680/214 "2014-09-03T18:35:34Z")
> [@Steophan](#): > > I wish you’d say some of the stuff you say here to the cops. I’m always respectful toward cops. And they are generally nice to me, as well. But they still, politely, invade my privacy and trample upon my rights. But, yea; I have gutted a few, verbally, and they took it well. But I was still jailed. Many members seem never to have had an unpleasant experience with law enforcement. I can probably say why they haven’t. But, my opinion has no value at this house of educated snobs. Your loss. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2014, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cops-show-comes-to-omaha-1-dead/696680/215 "2014-09-03T18:43:12Z")
Thanks for the evidence, not that I really needed any. > [@Skywatcher](#): > > I thought we were laughing at the weak trollery. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2014, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cops-show-comes-to-omaha-1-dead/696680/216 "2014-09-03T20:57:55Z")
> [@common\_good](#): > > God, you’re an ass. I’m a commie ? You must be a Republican. **Czarcasm** is about as Republican as a Democratic convention and “Commy” is an abbreviation of common. You’re really batting a thousand here. ---
**Author:** ![common\_good](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f475e1/32.png) [@common\_good](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/common_good)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2014, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cops-show-comes-to-omaha-1-dead/696680/217 "2014-09-03T21:46:17Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > **Czarcasm** is about as Republican as a Democratic convention and “Commy” is an abbreviation of common. You’re really batting a thousand here. I see. And you are his spokesman ? Nobody bats “a thousand”. 1.0 is what you meant. Don’t know baseball either, I gather. I’m knockin’ the ball all over the yard. You guys can’t catch a cold and your bullpen contains real bull. ---
**Author:** ![common\_good](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f475e1/32.png) [@common\_good](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/common_good)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2014, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cops-show-comes-to-omaha-1-dead/696680/218 "2014-09-03T21:52:02Z")
“Commy” is not a recognized abbreviation of “common”. It is for “communist”, however. Some of you should stop trying to be cute and start trying for clarity. Can you see that, fake-leather man ? ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2014, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cops-show-comes-to-omaha-1-dead/696680/219 "2014-09-03T21:56:10Z")
> [@common\_good](#): > > Nobody bats “a thousand”. 1.0 is what you meant. [Sure](http://www.idioms4you.com/complete-idioms/bat-a-thousand.html) [thing](http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english/bat_2). [Whatever](http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bat_a_thousand) [you](http://www.usingenglish.com/reference/idioms/batting+a+thousand.html) [say](http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/bat-a-thousand), [chief](http://onlineslangdictionary.com/meaning-definition-of/bat-a-thousand). ---
**Author:** ![common\_good](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f475e1/32.png) [@common\_good](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/common_good)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2014, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cops-show-comes-to-omaha-1-dead/696680/220 "2014-09-03T22:08:33Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > Thanks for the evidence, not that I really needed any. Yea, you do need some “evidence”. I don’t offer that; only the advice that you can find lots if you look. I don’t do homework for others. I merely suggest which areas of inquiry to examine. For example: are police-powers in America out of fucking control ? I leave it to others to answer that question. I have my opinion and have named some of the reasoning I use. Many members have ignored that issue and chosen, instead, to attack me, not my reasoning on that question. I thought most of the members were smarter than that. I will need to reserve judgment 'til more evidence is available. You guys are batting about .150, thus far and I’m lobbing the damn ball across the plate ! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cops-show-comes-to-omaha-1-dead/696680.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cops-show-comes-to-omaha-1-dead/696680.md?page=12)