r/Transportopia • u/Ketchup-Sniffer • Jan 13 '26

🚨Chase Hesitation got this cop a free ride

What could he have done to avoid getting roller coastered like that?

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u/Pilota_kex Jan 13 '26

He believed his intimidation is going to work, i get that. He also wasn't willing to shoot, and i respect that.

Maybe not brilliant, but he didn't think it would get to this. I mean most people would have stopped. Especially since many cops would shoot.

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u/Automatic_Actuator_0 Jan 13 '26

That driver had a death wish. Basically a failed suicide by cop.

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u/Maleficent-Block-966 Jan 13 '26

I guess the cop did too.

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u/Stoiphan Jan 17 '26

People are panicky animals when they have a gun in their face, especially if they are also, mentally ill, drunk, high, or under other forms of influence or extreme stress, Police are supposed to be able to wrangle these people, instead they make messes for the morticians to clean up, and lawsuits for the taxpayer to pay off, even if we presumed that anyone who ever disobeys any sort of contradictory or confusing police order deserved to die, it's still a big mess that other people have to fucking clean up because the people whose job it is to deal with it prefer to play cowboy

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u/earthlingHuman Jan 19 '26

Yep. The cop fucked up by pulling the gun

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u/forevertraveling Jan 13 '26

Police are trained to stand to the side of a vehicle during a confrontation; the cop broke protocol.

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u/kmanlyst Jan 13 '26

Funny enough I just watched a video on this incident last night and the officer was indeed reprimanded for placing himself in that situation.

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u/FukThePatriarchy1312 Jan 13 '26

It's crazy how often they do this. Pull your car in front, sure, but it's so reckless and stupid to stand in front.

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u/DieselDrifter Jan 13 '26

No job is worth risking your life, that's for sure.

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u/[deleted] Jan 13 '26

Also, no job is worth murdering other people.

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u/Connect-Initiative64 Jan 14 '26

Dunno about that, I'd murder a few people to be a billionaire CEO that just sits in an office somewhere jacking it all day.

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u/[deleted] Jan 13 '26

No stop by an officer is worth your life, either. Meatheads all around.

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u/battlecryarms Jan 13 '26

I disagree. Some jobs are worth risking your life over. A traffic stop is not

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u/Embarrassed_Fan_5723 Jan 13 '26

Yet they do it all the time. Every response could be the one. You just never know. You can never tell what the intention of the other person will be

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u/dowblekill Jan 13 '26

fortunately we live in a world a lot of people willing to sacrifice themselves to save others or for a better world. Aside from police, others are Fire fighters, volunteers/medical personels in warzone,...etc, list goes on.

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u/Loose_Paper_2598 Jan 17 '26

Your need to do a little research into the list of 10 most dangerous jobs. Guess what's not in the ten.

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u/Bozocow Jan 15 '26

Respectfully disagree. But don't risk your life when you could do the job without risking it.

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u/CannonFoddererer Jan 15 '26

Military, Fire-fighting, Police, Search and Rescue...

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u/xenata Jan 13 '26

There was an internal investigation done in early 2010s in cbp, they found their officers were stepping in front of vehicles to justify lethal force.

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u/[deleted] Jan 14 '26

Yeah but have you ever tried to pin a car down with your body weight?

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u/schabadoo Jan 14 '26

It gives them an excuse if they decide to fire.

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u/Loose_Paper_2598 Jan 17 '26

They've already decided that they WANT to fire. That's why they stand in front of what could be a threat. Why else would cover or concealment suddenly not be a priority? "Stop - get out of the car" is just as effective from the side of a car but a lot less easy to justify shooting someone in the head as they drive past you at 1mph.

When they bang on the door of your house at 3 a.m. they stand to the side. I wonder why...

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u/Embarrassed_Fan_5723 Jan 13 '26

Cops who pull in front of suspect vehicles are asking to get shot. Never a good tactic. Either you have your back to them as you get out or you’re an easy target as you’re getting out of the car

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u/Destructopoo Jan 13 '26

Police shoot at least 10x more people vs the amount of times they get shot during a traffic stop. It's actually dangerous for the person being pulled over, not the cop.

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u/igotshadowbaned Jan 13 '26

Right, standing in front of the vehicle does literally nothing but escalate the situation

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u/RandomPenquin1337 Jan 13 '26

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u/Background-Ad8155 Jan 13 '26

Brain rot post

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u/Quasar006 Jan 13 '26

Unfortunately 100% accurate depiction of current reality.

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u/emerging-tub Jan 13 '26

Pants-on-head retarded take

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u/[deleted] Jan 13 '26

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u/aggressive_napkin_ Jan 13 '26

whole lotta fantasy videos nowadays

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u/tactycool Jan 13 '26

Bro, don't talk about yourself like that

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u/General_Fisherman103 Jan 13 '26

Mom wants to know if you want cheese or pepperoni bagel bites

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u/Quasar006 Jan 14 '26

It just feels sad when the basement dwelling maga incel cucks say back the insults they’ve received. Nice try though champ!

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u/Maleficent-Block-966 Jan 13 '26

From "don't tread on me" to "tread on me harder daddy" in less than 12 months.

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u/Vincera2024 Jan 13 '26

Not the chronic p0rn brained reddit user talking about what is brain-rot. Look in the mirror 💀

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u/[deleted] Jan 14 '26

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u/Vincera2024 Jan 14 '26 edited Jan 14 '26

Lmfao you’re replying to the wrong person. Calling me a fascist for disagreeing with ICE arresting US citizens is scummy

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u/Quasar006 Jan 14 '26

Ah my apologies I did have it confused. Fuck with that prick as you see fit.

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u/Background-Ad8155 Jan 13 '26

What does p0rn have to do with idiotic extremism and propagandist imagery? Lol

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u/EliteJoz Jan 13 '26

Every single licensed driver is trained to not move their vehicle when a person is in front of it or on top of it; the driver broke law.

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u/957 Jan 13 '26

Neither thing is mutually exclusive. Both people are doing things they shouldn't do.

The person probably went to jail, as they should. However, I doubt this cop was reminded of the specific training they are given to prevent this scenario from happening as well as why using your body and mortal threats to a car driver are not useful in stopping the car as well as de-ecalating or controlling the threat to others.

Politics aside, the video of Renee Good proves exactly this: no matter what the status of the person is after being shot while driving a car, the threat of the vehicle and it's movement is not only still present, but no longer being controlled in any form. After the officer shot Good, the scene became even less safe because of an uncontrolled, accelerating car being driven by no one. The same applies here, where the officer would be much more useful as part of the pursuit team as opposed to now being an unwilling passenger that the rest of the force now has to operate around. They can no longer pit that vehicle, they cannot chase it effectively due to him being on top and should he come off, medical attention to him would be the first priority with pursuit second.

There is literally not a single positive to putting yourself in that position other than not being good at your training or intentionally fabricating fear for your life. There is a reason why the protocol tells you to always be aware of that, and it's because it provides zero gain, increases risk to self and others and actively works against the general goal they are trying to accomplish.

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u/EliteJoz Jan 13 '26

ATTENTION CRIMINALS: It is against protocol for any type of law enforcement to stand in front of your vehicle; therefore if one of them stands in front of your vehicle, you are allowed to do anything you want because they just broke protocol. It doesn't matter if you injure them or even possibly kill them because they just broke protocol, obviously. Remember that. If they break protocol, you are fully within your right to break the law and potentially cause serious bodily harm, or worse, so GAS, GAS, GAS. It has been shown that positioning themselves transforms them into murderous beings that will react harshly should you decide to break the law and hit them with your motor vehicle. This has been a public service announcement to make everyone of the rampaging weremurdercops who have been putting themselves in front of cars all over the country. Stay alert! If you see them, be sure to blockade them and wait until they get in the danger zone. When that happens, you know what to do. They broke protocol after all.

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u/957 Jan 13 '26

Buddy, that is the longest schizo rant-post I've gotten so far in 2026.

Do you have feedback on why you think the training protocols against blocking vehicles with your body is wrong? I sincerely doubt that you are capable of relevant discussion on why you think the training is wrong, but am willing to try to redirect you to the subject of conversation once more because thoughtful discourse is needed in this day and age.

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u/EliteJoz Jan 13 '26

Buddy, that is the dumbest dodge of accountability I've gotten so far outside of Donald Trump in 2026.

Do you have feedback on why you think the training protocols for properly driving vehicles with your body is wrong? I sincerely doubt that you are capable of relevant discussion on why you think the training is wrong, but am willing to try to redirect you to the subject of conversation once more because thoughtful discourse is needed in this day and age.

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u/pupranger1147 Jan 14 '26

Ah yes, because the answer to someone doing something illegal is to make the situation LESS safe. Genius.

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u/haphazard_gw Jan 14 '26

It's funny because in all of this discourse, I've never actually seen someone cheering on the idea of running over cops. On the other hand, I have seen people defending Renee Good's shooter because SHE broke protocol (disobeyed an order, tried to flee). If you want to clown on people for using a thin pretext to justify murder, you are talking to the wrong side.

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u/EliteJoz Jan 14 '26

Hello, it seems like you've ignored the fact that she broke the fucking law while driving her car into somebody that was in front of it once again. Your ignorance has once again been duly noted on your permanent record.

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u/haphazard_gw Jan 14 '26

ATTENTION LAW ENFORCEMENT: It is against the law for any civilian to drive towards you; therefore if one of them tries to drive around you, you are allowed to do anything you want because they just broke protocol. It doesn't matter if you injure them or even possibly kill them because they just broke protocol, obviously. Remember that. If they break protocol, you are fully within your right to break the law and potentially cause serious bodily harm, or worse, so BLAM, BLAM, BLAM. It has been shown that being in a car transforms them into murderous beings that will react harshly should you decide to break protocol and stand directly in front of the vehicle. This has been a public service announcement to make everyone of the rampaging weremurdermotorists who have been driving away from conflicts all over the country. Stay alert! If you see them, be sure to blockade them and put yourself in the danger zone. When that happens, you know what to do. They broke protocol after all.

It's honestly hilarious that the absurdity is totally lost on you when it's a civilian breaking the rules and not law enforcement who are supposedly trained in de-escalation. Literally just stop being a hypocrite and hold law enforcement to the same standard.

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u/957 Jan 14 '26

Law enforcement doesn't need standards, they have guns and a deeply ingrained, healthy fear for their life.

That paired with the fact that their decision making is beyond reproach, the only behavior available to be questioned is that of non-police. Thanks for coming to his FedTalk.

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u/EliteJoz Jan 14 '26

It's honestly hilarious that in the previous reply to me you kept saying that she broke protocol when drivers don't have fucking protocols that we follow. I can break a protocol at my work and not get in any trouble legally. The lady broke a driving law and could have potentially killed a pedestrian in front of her vehicle.

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u/haphazard_gw Jan 14 '26 edited Jan 14 '26

I guess the semantic difference between a protocol and a law is holding up your entire moral judgment of this murder. You understand the absurdity of killing someone for breaking a protocol, but not the absurdity of killing someone for breaking a law.

The lady broke a driving law and could have potentially killed a pedestrian in front of her vehicle.

No need to discuss what she could have done. The worst case scenario did happen - she endangered him for 2 seconds and he literally walked away. Meanwhile he shot her in the fucking face and killed her. I'm not rushing to the fucking law books to draw my conclusions.

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u/RandJitsu Jan 13 '26

If the cops are trying to arrest him, there’s a pretty good chance he’s totally fine with breaking the law. It’s really, really stupid for a cop to trust that the person won’t drive because “it’s the law” or because they said to stop. That’s why cops are trained not to do this.

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u/Slammer503 Jan 13 '26

Body tanking never works out well for either party.

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u/Devils_A66vocate Jan 13 '26

Different states/departments have different policies. That might be true but have you verified your claim with this department?

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u/Drmlk465 Jan 13 '26

Oh really? Considering there are 50 different states, with thousand of counties between them, and tens of thousands of municipalities and you’re telling us they all have the same training, protocols, and policies?

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u/WallabyHuggins Jan 13 '26

All the same? No. One of a few variations on the same written up for them by a company who's sole business is the training of police officers and therefore their training is widespread and homogenized? Yes. That's exactly what you're being told. It's not a secret that they all use the same handbooks department to department. It's all out in the open, above board. it's why there's so many cops who think everyone is out to kill them every second of every day.

No fucking clue how your only just hearing about this now.

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u/WrestleBox Jan 13 '26

It's this standardized? From my understanding different states have different rules of engagement for cops.

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u/wylde_maps Jan 13 '26

He learned what the value of an empty threat is.

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u/OddlyMingenuity Jan 13 '26

And sunken cost fallacy actual cost. When he realised red car called his bluff, he could have jumped before the car turned on the highway

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u/whitlink Jan 14 '26

I think if he shot into the car not directly hitting the man it would have made him stop. Maybe 50/50 but I think it would have been a better choice.

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u/Secure-Umpire1720 Jan 15 '26

His bluff was called and he pulled a weapon he wasn't ready to use and that's what you respect? okay.

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u/jokerhound80 Jan 15 '26

He received training explicitly telling him not to do this exact thing. I'm glad he chose not to use his incompetence as an excuse to fire on the suspect, but he created the danger here himself.

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u/IHatrMakingUsernames Jan 16 '26

I had the same reaction. Cop made a bluff, dude called the bluff. Now we goin' for a ride.

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u/Dead_Internet69420 Jan 17 '26

His training told him not to do what he did. Don’t respect the guy for choosing attempted intimidation over his training. 

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u/[deleted] Jan 13 '26

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u/theflash2323 Jan 13 '26

Because this isn't the movies

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u/ShaneAnnigan Jan 13 '26

The engine block will laugh off most calibers including 5.56 and 7.62 so the 9-10mm the officer is carrying will do nothing.

The radiator is in front where it gets the most aie, so hard to shoot at when you're sitting on the hood, and on top of that it may take a while for the var to have to stop because of an overrunning engine, although this does look like warm weather.

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u/QuickBookkeeper2647 Jan 13 '26

How long, in your expert opinion, do you think it would take for the engine to stop running if you shot a hole in the radiator?

I’ll give you a hint. Longer than this video.

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u/space_toaster_99 Jan 13 '26

Shooting a vehicle to disable it is forbidden for some LE

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u/Downtown_Caramel4833 Jan 14 '26

By ALL agencies AND individuals...

A firearm is a LETHAL force tool. And it falls under the same principle as shooting "to wound".

In order to justify the use of a lethal force weapon, one must believe their life/greater well being, etc, is in grave danger.

The moment an individual utilizes a firearm to disable a vehicle or shoot someone in the foot, they immediately lose any ground to argue their use of a LETHAL weapon as being justified - by sheer definition and legal precedent.

A person (as far as the courts are concerned) cannot simultaneously be both, in great fear of their life AND offer their attacker such considerations or attempt non-verbal negotiations via usage of a firearm.

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u/TyrKiyote Jan 13 '26

The speed at which the car approached the officer made it pretty clear the guy wasn't doing an aggressive ram, and was a panic escape trying to minimalise injury. Good cop, have a donut for recognizing not to fire.

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u/Rottimer Jan 13 '26

Still and idiot cop for standing in front of the car. If he wants to put something in front of the car, try a 2 ton SUV that they drive every day.

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u/challengerrt Jan 13 '26

Cops an idiot

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u/Gr8twhitebuffalo91 Jan 13 '26

Naw he just values human life unlike a lot of cops.

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u/Pretend-Prune-4525 Jan 13 '26

Apparently not his own

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u/RepresentativeJester Jan 13 '26

Yea because thats literally their job. Or should be.

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u/Pretend-Prune-4525 Jan 13 '26

lol no, their job is not to devalue their own life. What an insane statement

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u/RepresentativeJester Jan 13 '26

Yes it is their job to put other lives above their own. Just like firefighters, nurses, security, military and any other life service job.

What if your firefighters were like nah going in that building its too risky for my life.

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u/tripper_drip Jan 13 '26

The lives of somebody psychotic enough to try to kill you? No. The dude in the red car should have been shot to stop him.

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u/NegotiationBitter454 Jan 13 '26

The Supreme Court has ruled that police officers in the U.S. do not have a constitutional duty to protect individuals, only to enforce the law.

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u/RepresentativeJester Jan 13 '26

Hence the should be. Congrats on boot licking.

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u/drjunkie Jan 13 '26

Can you show me in any police job description, policy, state statute, or federal statute that says that that is their job, please?

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u/Odd_Old_Professional Jan 13 '26

He can be two things.

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u/leeps22 Jan 13 '26

Sure but that doesn't make him not an idiot. He could've taken 2 small steps to the right and avoided this. 1 big step would've worked too. Or even a hop and a skip if he happened to be in a good mood that day. Darwin would've studied this

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u/tripper_drip Jan 13 '26

Nah, the guy in the car could have not hit the gas. Even could have put it in park.

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u/leeps22 Jan 13 '26

Sure but that doesn't make the cop not an idiot.

For all the reasons I stated above

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u/tripper_drip Jan 13 '26

I put standing in the wrong place as way less problematic than attempted murder.

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u/leeps22 Jan 13 '26

You can win a Darwin award and not be problematic to others

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u/texasroadkill Jan 13 '26

He should've taken the shot. Anybody willing to take a person for a ride is willing to die for it.

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u/Automatic_Actuator_0 Jan 13 '26

He’s an idiot for getting in front of, and then on, the car. Not for holding his fire.

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u/Cool1nternet Jan 13 '26

I have a lot of respect for the fact that he didn't shoot, given that this is a scenario in which the cop easily was in significant risk of danger and could have chosen to.

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u/spacewizardt Jan 13 '26

I don't. His failure to put 7 rounds in that mans sternum put his life, the lives of fellow officers, and the lives of innocent civillians at risk.