Yeah. The Mayor’s outraged. Like it will matter? Hue and cry, weeping parents, outraged community leaders, a 23-member Special Commission On Cops Who Dig Firing Off Their Guns At Cars will be appointed at a cost of 9.2 million dollars…and the cop who fired his gun who is currently cooling his heels till the protests are squelched will make Sargeant in a year.
God, I am so glad I do not live in L.A… not that I’m saying this is a part of a dedicated pattern. Or anything. :rolleyes:
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On the other hand, you have a car thief driving a lethal weapon at a cop. Not exactly the thing guaranteed to extend your lifespan. I’m not saying the cops are blameless, but the kid certainly contributed to his early departure from this life.
I hate fucking liberals.
How’s this headline:
**13 year old drives car into family of six while fleeing police in a stolen car. **
I’m sure that’d be more rightious.
oops. Thought it was the Pit. However, my opinion still applies. Sorry for the “f” word.
Going purley by the linked news blurb I cannot take either side on this one yet, and I don’t see how any of you can…
Got anything with more details?
Breaking News Underage kids who don’t steal cars, run from the police, and resist arrest are 11438 times less likely to get capped than those who do.
:smack: Who would have realized?
Me too. Conservatives are much more fun in the sack. 
Fire away 
Hey. I’m a fucking liberal and, based on the limited information in the article, I’d say the 13-year-old contributed significantly to his demise. As silenus pointed out, the kid was driving a lethal weapon at police. Whether deadly force was called for is indeterminate at this point. However, I’d be surprised if this was the kid’s first brush with the law.
So, let’s save judgment for more information. And please watch your generalizations.
actually, that’s not quite right, I’m a common-sence Moderate. However, this hijacking the OP…
I believe the topic is: “How horrible it is to stop early teens from stealing cars and endangering the public and law enforcement.”
actually, i stated “I hate FUCKING liberals…” which, due to my poor phrase-ology… could be interpreted as something else entirely 
Well, I’m married anyway, so feel free to look elsewhere.
I jest realized you were making the same joke i made about 2 posts later…
i’m drinking… sorry, a bit slow. :smack:
From that short article it’s impossible to say what the police should have done.
It doesn’t even make it clear as to whether or not the cops were in or out of the car, getting in or out of the car et cetera.
It doesn’t say how fast the teen was backing into the police cruiser, there are too many unknowns.
Depending on the answer to all of these questions you could have situations where the cops genuinely were in enough danger to justify opening fire, and situations where they did not need to use lethal force.
Can’t really tell from the article what the police did wrong here. If the driver of a car is trying to hit someone, that car doesn’t become any less of a deadly weapon just because the driver is a teen.
On the other hand, I also don’t see where he hit anyone else. Where did you find that story, jester?
And if the cops had let the car get away, and it plowed into a crowd at a street corner, the mayor and community would be outraged at the cops then, too. Outrage is pretty easy.
If the kid didn’t steal a car, he’d still be alive. If the kid had just pulled over and surrendered when he saw the cops trailing him, he’d still be alive. Do you think the cops knew the kid was 13 when they were in pursuit? Did it matter to the cops that he was 13 when a 2 thousand car in coming at them?
Until I see some more in-depth news, I gotta blame the kid.
Here’s another link to the story. http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/international.cfm?id=149852005
The kid fucked up. Beyond the range for which any reasonable cop might be held accountable.
Stupidity.
Makes him a Darwin contender, right?
Suicide by Police is a really irresponsible act. If you’re going to kill yourself, just do it (Nike swoosh®,) don’t haunt the nightmares of some cop.
You know, come to think of it, I am a liberal who fucks, so take my original statement any way you see fit.
As to the OP, how about some outrage toward the kid’s parents? Where were they while he was joyriding in a stolen car? There’s some indication that the kid was starting to hang with the wrong crowd. In South Central, that’s not a great way to establish a long and productive life. The kid was bright it seems. So, who were his role models? Gang bangers?
I would bet if it was a 13 year old white kid there would be no uproar at all. I really hate to say it but it’s another excuse for African Americans to blame white folks for all their ills.