exthrower wrote:
Gingerbeef wrote:That was my first thought as well
I was reading that typically bullets only ricochet if they strike the ground at an angle between 10 and 35 degrees. That means they would have shot the kid from a range of less than ~14 feet or more than ~51 feet (assuming the gun is held around 5 feet high and the kids chest is 4 feet high). If thats the case then 40 feet would be a pretty big misguess considering they would have made a rough measurement at the scene. Even in the case that it was an accident the cop either would have had to shoot at a dog knowing there is a person on the other side of it or shoot at a dog without even knowing what else was in that direction. Theres no excuse anyway you look at it. Send the guy to jail.
Cops are trying to do a dangerous job...Unbelievable the fools on here who constantly criticize people who are protecting us. 34,000 arrests every day in this country. Some of the comments sound like they are coming from complete retards.....Do a ride along some time with a cop and see what the job entails,,,,Jeez....
This old defence. Trotted out by brainwashed chickens who are so terrified by the world they need to put their unthinking trust in the mighty cops and government.
A job that is way more dangerous than cop is convenience store worker. Should we give them carte Blanche to shoot every customer that they don't like the looks of?
Yeah cops deal with bad people - big deal, cops volunteered for the job. If u can't be a professional you can't be a cop.
The military deals with a lot more bad shit than cops and somehow the military has way better control over its soldiers. They don't go around killing civilians whenever they get scared.
Cops are often weak on a power trip or just plain racists with impunity. Face that fact and America might start fixing its cop problem.