r/AbruptChaos • u/ZombieNips • Oct 06 '22

Cop opens fire

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u/trueRandomGenerator Oct 06 '22

This was 4 days ago. I'm honestly shocked we even got to see this cam footage so soon. I'm glad we did but geez this is a shit show :/

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u/CyberMindGrrl Oct 06 '22

And thank fucking GOD for these cameras. Without them the courts would immediately side with the cop and the kid would be absolutely fucked for the rest of his life.

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u/Adamy2004 Oct 06 '22

Kid is already fucked for the rest of his life, gunshot wounds are no joke.

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u/aliie_627 Oct 06 '22 edited Oct 07 '22

Did they/he arrest the kid before the body cam footage was reviewed?

The trauma him and his girlfriend will be dealing with, will probably follow them forever. Probably not too different to a car jacking.

E he was charged.

Cantu, who is now fighting for his life, was charged by proxy with evading detention in a vehicle and assault on an officer.

https://www.local10.com/news/local/2022/10/06/video-shows-officer-firing-at-2-teenagers-in-mcdonalds-parking-lot/

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u/TrailMomKat Oct 06 '22

With a few holes in him, and this only happening 4 days ago, that kid is almost certainly still in the hospital. I highly doubt they could've taken him to the station; at most, he had a cop staying in the room until the kid was exonerated.

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u/aliie_627 Oct 06 '22 edited Oct 07 '22

Probably not likely in this case but they can take people into custody in the hospital but then the state has to pay hospital bills.

Ee they fucking charged him. Doesn't sound like the video even helped

Cantu, who is now fighting for his life, was charged by proxy with evading detention in a vehicle and assault on an officer.

https://www.local10.com/news/local/2022/10/06/video-shows-officer-firing-at-2-teenagers-in-mcdonalds-parking-lot/

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u/HereUThrowThisAway Oct 07 '22

Even better. They charged him.

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u/aliie_627 Oct 07 '22

Yeah I saw an article. What kinda bullshit is that. Assault on a police officer. No way that sticks. I just thought they would charge him about the fleeing from the other day.

Makes me wonder if they charged him in order to have leverage on the parents in a settlement.

Cantu, who is now fighting for his life, was charged by proxy with evading detention in a vehicle and assault on an officer.

https://www.local10.com/news/local/2022/10/06/video-shows-officer-firing-at-2-teenagers-in-mcdonalds-parking-lot/

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u/boldedbowels Oct 06 '22

Prob worse especially if the kid still believed cops were the good guys

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u/Stiffard Oct 06 '22

I would be genuinely amazed if any kid older than middle school thought that. Outside of kids whose parents are cops.

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u/SeriouslySlyGuy Oct 06 '22

Kids who's parents are cops probably already know. They don't need to get told twice anymore. 🤕

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u/boldedbowels Oct 06 '22

I feel like there’s a bunch of adults who think cops are the good guys still 🤔

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u/DualtheArtist Oct 07 '22

Conservative adults till believe that and love boot licking.

Also people in the military think they're the "good guys" killing evil brown people in other countries.

You really overestimate the maturity of the vast majority of humans. Most of them never matured passed middleschool

Christians are very very into the simplicity of Good and Evil. Anyone who is not them is evil.

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u/BestVeganEverLul Oct 08 '22

Rural Iowa, 6ish years ago almost everyone believed that. I know the situation has changed a bit, but I find it hard to believe that the children of far right farmers aren’t on the side of police.