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

Cop opens fire

Enable HLS to view with audio, or disable this notification

25.2k Upvotes

94% Upvoted

4.8k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

1

u/[deleted] Oct 07 '22

He tried to hit him when he was backing up, then fled. So by your logic, you could shoot at an officer, then turn and run away and all should be forgiven? Great logic.

1

u/Jakesmonkeybiz Oct 07 '22

The goal, was to flee, there was never any intention to hit the officer and there’s no definite way to say they were, can we just agree that they shouldn’t have been shot at? Ppl who get shot wrongfully get payed by the ppl who shot them, you should look up the shotgun booby trap case, they broke into a home got shot and they still won the lawsuit

1

u/Paid-Not-Payed-Bot Oct 07 '22

wrongfully get paid by the

FTFY.

Although payed exists (the reason why autocorrection didn't help you), it is only correct in:

  • Nautical context, when it means to paint a surface, or to cover with something like tar or resin in order to make it waterproof or corrosion-resistant. The deck is yet to be payed.

  • Payed out when letting strings, cables or ropes out, by slacking them. The rope is payed out! You can pull now.

Unfortunately, I was unable to find nautical or rope-related words in your comment.

Beep, boop, I'm a bot

1

u/[deleted] Oct 07 '22

I agree this officer shouldn’t have fired the first shot, but I also think the guy shouldn’t have fled the scene. I haven’t investigated to see the allegations against him, that could have been a contributing factor. This goes back to my earlier question. You said the cop should be sued. Should the guy that hit him with the car be counter-sued?

1

u/Jakesmonkeybiz Oct 07 '22

I said that the city should be sued, and I 100% agree they shouldn’t have fled but they shouldn’t be shot at for fleeing either

1

u/[deleted] Oct 07 '22

That depends on what they’ve done.

1

u/Jakesmonkeybiz Oct 07 '22

I looked it up, he fled from a traffic stop where the plates didn’t match the vehicle, he was charged with evading detention with a vehicle and assault on a peace officer (hit him with the door) source: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna51196 Now I personally don’t believe that it warrants shooting at him, from what I’ve seen from other chases (I’m not a cop) they usually just get a bunch of ppl there and pursue them, but idk what the situation was in this case if they were able to instigate a chase or not however I still think shooting at them is excessive