# Crazy-Ass Cop Shooting Video!! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 3, 2010, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-ass-cop-shooting-video/538191 "2010-05-03T18:27:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2010, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-ass-cop-shooting-video/538191/21 "2010-05-03T21:31:23Z")
> [@olivesmarch4th](#): > > I think if you fire upon an officer you can pretty much expect to be dead. I’m not happy that the man died, I don’t think it’s cause for celebration or anything, but I don’t doubt for a second the officer did the right thing. > > I just watched the video, and that was crazy. **It just came out of nowhere**. It’s amazing reading the officer’s account of what happened and then watching it happen – so many thoughts and decisions to make in just seconds. > > I feel bad for the cop though. I essentially agree with **Mahaloth** –the cop was terrified and he killed someone in self-defense, and no matter how justified that killing, it’s probably going to stay with him for a long time. I doubt he feels much like celebrating. That’s the most surreal thing about the video to me. It literally came out of nowhere. They’re just having what seems on the surface to be a casual, even polite, encounter and then WHAM, out comes the gun. ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2010, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-ass-cop-shooting-video/538191/22 "2010-05-03T21:40:07Z")
> [@olivesmarch4th](#): > > Ok, that one actually made me tear up a little bit. _Really_? ---
**Author:** ![Lacunae\_Matata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lacunae\_Matata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lacunae_Matata)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2010, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-ass-cop-shooting-video/538191/23 "2010-05-03T22:11:16Z")
Wow. It’s stuff like this that makes me hate to kiss my husband goodbye and send him to work… Terrifying! And yes, people will second-guess what the officer did, and whether he was justified in firing at the fleeing vehicle. If you ask me, though, the officer was completely correct. (There was a case in a nearby jurisdiction just a few weeks ago, where a suspect pulled a knife and stabbed an officer before being fatally shot by the officer. The family and friends of the “victim” have been holding rallies and protests ever since, because they think that the cop shouldn’t have shot their little angel of a brother/cousin/son/friend. Not enough rolleyes in the world, IMHO. The case was investigated by the state police, and the officer was cleared.) ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2010, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-ass-cop-shooting-video/538191/24 "2010-05-03T22:20:22Z")
> [@AClockworkMelon](#): > > _Really_? Uh, yeah. Cursing, screaming, gunshots, dead guy lying in the street, brutalized cop bleeding and breathing hard, still trying to make sense of the fact that not only had he almost died, he’d just taken another life. It was an emotional sort of thing. ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2010, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-ass-cop-shooting-video/538191/25 "2010-05-03T22:20:36Z")
> [@Lacunae\_Matata](#): > > There was a case in a nearby jurisdiction just a few weeks ago, where a suspect pulled a knife and stabbed an officer before being fatally shot by the officer. The family and friends of the “victim” have been holding rallies and protests ever since, because they think that the cop shouldn’t have shot their little angel of a brother/cousin/son/friend. There aren’t enough [del]Death[/del] Happy Camps in the world. ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2010, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-ass-cop-shooting-video/538191/26 "2010-05-03T22:21:39Z")
> [@olivesmarch4th](#): > > Uh, yeah. Cursing, screaming, gunshots, dead guy lying in the street, brutalized cop bleeding and breathing hard, still trying to make sense of the fact that not only had he almost died, he’d just taken another life. > > It was an emotional sort of thing. I guess I’m just jaded. When you’ve seen insurgent execution videos I guess it takes the punch out of videos like these. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2010, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-ass-cop-shooting-video/538191/27 "2010-05-03T22:24:20Z")
> [@AClockworkMelon](#): > > I guess I’m just jaded. When you’ve seen insurgent execution videos I guess it takes the punch out of videos like these. I’ve seen execution videos like those you describe and I still feel emotionally for the officer as he sits down to comprehend what just occurred to him. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2010, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-ass-cop-shooting-video/538191/28 "2010-05-03T22:25:10Z")
> [@AClockworkMelon](#): > > I guess I’m just jaded. When you’ve seen insurgent execution videos I guess it takes the punch out of videos like these. No doubt. That’s why I don’t watch those things. I’d rather not be jaded. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2010, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-ass-cop-shooting-video/538191/29 "2010-05-03T22:27:01Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Wow. > > Very well handled by the officer. Is there a whole news story to go with this? > > By the way, here is another scary incident. You can’t see it, but the man attacking the officer bit his eyebrow clean off and was going to kill him. > > Warning: Pretty intense video below. > > [Officer Shoots Attacker](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpziJTlv7Cw) > > [Mallory had bitten an eyebrow off Anderson, punched him, choked him and slammed his head against the pavement.](http://qctimes.com/news/local/article_82a1f54e-82a3-11de-9019-001cc4c03286.html) Somehow these links aren’t working for me. Are they still active? ETA: Nevermind ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2010, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-ass-cop-shooting-video/538191/30 "2010-05-03T22:32:09Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > I’ve seen execution videos like those you describe and I still feel emotionally for the officer as he sits down to comprehend what just occurred to him. I feel _emotion_ for him. But it’s several degrees away from tearing up over it. I’ve seen more emotionally intense videos of this kind on _Police Chases Caught on Tape_. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2010, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-ass-cop-shooting-video/538191/31 "2010-05-03T22:35:26Z")
> [@Lacunae\_Matata](#): > > And yes, people will second-guess what the officer did, and whether he was justified in firing at the fleeing vehicle. And yet, nobody in this thread has done so, (even the “usual suspects”, whoever the hell they are), the jury found the officer acted correctly, and I have seen no links to any comments by anyone who has said this, at any time. I guess you could always find an idiot somewhere who might say this, but anyone viewing that video should come to the conclusion that the officer did the right thing. Even if the suspect had turned out to be a choir boy (instead of a violent jerk with a previous record of violent assault), the officer would still have been in the right. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2010, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-ass-cop-shooting-video/538191/32 "2010-05-03T22:37:38Z")
> [@AClockworkMelon](#): > > I feel _emotion_ for him. > > But it’s several degrees away from tearing up over it. I’ve seen more emotionally intense videos of this kind on _Police Chases Caught on Tape_. Does it make you feel better that I have also been known to tear up while watching _Full House_, orange juice commercials and Oprah? ---
**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2010, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-ass-cop-shooting-video/538191/33 "2010-05-03T22:39:21Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Guy has too much to drink and now he’s dead. Real smooth, buddy. Not “too much”, but “Plenty”. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2010, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-ass-cop-shooting-video/538191/34 "2010-05-03T22:42:40Z")
> [@olivesmarch4th](#): > > Does it make you feel better that I have also been known to tear up while watching _Full House_, orange juice commercials and Oprah? No. I’m tearing up right now. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2010, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-ass-cop-shooting-video/538191/35 "2010-05-03T22:46:15Z")
> [@AClockworkMelon](#): > > No. I’m tearing up right now. ☹ Don’t worry; I’m still a total badass. ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2010, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-ass-cop-shooting-video/538191/36 "2010-05-03T22:47:45Z")
> [@olivesmarch4th](#): > > Don’t worry; I’m still a total badass. Likewise. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2010, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-ass-cop-shooting-video/538191/37 "2010-05-03T22:53:06Z")
> [@Yeticus\_Rex](#): > > Not “too much”, but “Plenty”. 😉 Heh. I was wondering what the guy was thinking when he said that. Talk about giving away the information farm to the cop. You’re supposed to say “exactly two beers, officer, hours ago” or some such nonsense. ---
**Author:** ![thirdname](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@thirdname](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thirdname)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2010, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-ass-cop-shooting-video/538191/38 "2010-05-03T23:35:38Z")
> [@Lacunae\_Matata](#): > > And yes, people will second-guess what the officer did, and whether he was justified in firing at the fleeing vehicle. I highly doubt that anyone is questioning that. There were only 2 seconds between when the suspect fired, and when the cop fired. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2010, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-ass-cop-shooting-video/538191/39 "2010-05-04T00:04:09Z")
Not to discuss the “usual suspects” further (oh, who am I kidding? I’m totally discussing them), but it never fails to shock me how many people honestly think the police are out to cheat them, brutalize them, or otherwise shove the boot of authority down their throats. I’m never sure whether they just live in places with famously corrupt police forces (one does recall a shocking thread about the DC cops and a car theft) or whether they just have real, serious personal problems. I really am surprised that one of them hasn’t shown up here, although the minute you mention them I guess they figure it’s embarrassing for the rest of us who look paranoid if they _don’t_ show up. ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2010, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-ass-cop-shooting-video/538191/40 "2010-05-04T00:10:43Z")
> [@Zsofia](#): > > Not to discuss the “usual suspects” further (oh, who am I kidding? I’m totally discussing them), but it never fails to shock me how many people honestly think the police are out to cheat them, brutalize them, or otherwise shove the boot of authority down their throats. Not only do I generally view many police this way, but I have several friends who are attempting to become police officers and I have no doubt they’ll be the same. Thankfully, they’re good friends. 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-ass-cop-shooting-video/538191.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-ass-cop-shooting-video/538191.md?page=3)