Dad calls cops on son, to teach him a "lesson" ..Cops shoot son dead

[Zaap]

Sounds like an unholy trinity of of stupid to me. Stupid actions of: the father, the son, and the cops.

Sad. And stupid.

 

[Dari]

Stupid father. Don't blame the cops for doing their job. Blame the father for not doing his.

 

[Sinsear]

Lol @ shoot out the tires.

Some of you are too brainwashed by hollywood.

 

[brycejones]

You and a certain other poster were consistently following me around to attack me in multiple threads.

You flatter yourself too much.......If asking you pointed questions is an attack then you need to grow a much thicker skin or stop posting.

But why do you care....I thought you were a master debater who constantly "owned" everyone who ever questioned you?

Guess not.

 

[ThinClient]

Lol @ shoot out the tires.

Some of you are too brainwashed by hollywood.

Yep, there was absolutely no other way to solve the problem than to shoot the fuck out of the kid. 🙄

 

[brycejones]

Yep, there was absolutely no other way to solve the problem than to shoot the fuck out of the kid. 🙄

You a cop? Trained as a cop? They supposed to taser the kid through the door?

 

[brycejones]

The cop is nothing but a thug. He killed an innocent person who wasn't a real threat. He needs to be fired and charged but I doubt it will happen. Once again we see the failure of big government and a cop out of control.

What is your evidence of this? I would love to hear how the cop is a "thug" maybe you can cite previous charges or incidents? You don't believe a truck isn't a threat? On what grounds? Again how was the cop out of control? Were the cops involved because the kid was just minding his own business and not doing anything?

Or do you want to go on just trolling and not pay attention to any evidence? I agree there are times when police shootings are questionable. This isn't one of them.

 

[OverVolt]

I honestly don't think the cop in the 2nd dashcam footage really heard the "we know the suspect and can probably back it off" comment since he was in the middle of ramming the truck/jumping out of his car.

 

[Drako]

This thread confirms to me that Incorruptible and ThinClient are brothers in morontude. 😀

 

[Jaskalas]

Theoretically the car is considered a deadly weapon so threatening the police by revving the engine when they have you surrounded justified the shooting legally.

Again what were the parents thinking by reporting the truck "stolen" by their own son.

Police place themselves around a vehicle. They create the situation for deadly force to be used. If they want to kill you, all they have to do is jump in front of you.

 

[AdamantC]

This

Everyone should know by now that American Police forces shoot to kill and if you happen to live ask questions later.

Watch the dash cam footage, you insipid halfwit. The genius ran a stop sign, a red light, rammed the cops twice (the first hit turned the cop car 90 degrees, the second hit at the end of the video sent derbies flying) and almost ran someone over. It doesn't get anymore black and white then this.

The cops did the world a favor removing him from the gene pool.

 

[MarkLuvsCS]

I think this is the video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Y5zhmlWc-o

If that is the video of the story the OP posted, which it seems to be, then the cops are definitely not in the wrong. That piece of garbage blew through red lights/stop signs which could have easily ended another family (or members) life, purposely rammed the cop cars, and continued to be a danger to the public. There parents obviously are too oblivious to see what little shit they raised, and they should be forced to watch the video. Constantly endangering the lives of many others is absolutely in the clear for a kill. This kid chose to be killed by cops through all his actions. Considering all the trouble going on in his life, he could have very well been provoking the law for a suicide by the cops.

If you want to have any outrage, focus it on the parents of these disturbed individuals to see how they failed their children.

 

[Matt1970]

Police place themselves around a vehicle. They create the situation for deadly force to be used. If they want to kill you, all they have to do is jump in front of you.

If they jumped in front of an already moving vehicle, yes. The cop in this video was stopped at 3:41 and the kid backed up and rammed the him a full 10 seconds later.

 

[classy]

This has happened numerous times before. Moral of the story, if its not life or death, or a very serious criminal matter, you don't call the police on family. Now the kid went ballistic so I can't blame the officers here in this situation.

 

[Geosurface]

Good shoot.

 

[Venix]

It would have been safer to back off and arrest him later since they knew his identity. That said, I don't think they did anything illegal or worthy of punishment.

The father was extremely foolish for involving the government in a family issue.

 

[HeXen]

This is why we need free walk in mental health clinics. Get the issues out as soon as they develop, not a wait n see approach.

“He knew everything that had to do with computers, and if you had a problem with your TV, he would fix it,”

So he was a member here as well.

 

[Apple Of Sodom]

Anyone stating their opinion without watching the video is misinformed.
Anyone stating he was unarmed is being obtuse - he was armed with a very large vehicle.
Anyone stating the cops could have avoided killing him by backing off is an idiot - we pay the cops to apprehend people. It was a stolen vehicle driving erratically and causing damage and putting lives in danger.

The fact is, if he didn't want to be shot he should have just stopped the vehicle. He is the reason he is dead. He stole a vehicle and lead the cops on a chase and rammed their vehicles and threatened their lives. It is easy to pick apart the story and say "I wouldn't have done that!" Then again, you weren't there. If you want to change the way the police work then I suggest you go to the academy and start being that change. Hopefully some fucking idiot MAN (he was 19, why do we call him a kid?) runs you down with his truck when you try to shoot the tires out.

 

[HumblePie]

Sounds like an unholy trinity of of stupid to me. Stupid actions of: the father, the son, and the cops.

Sad. And stupid.

I agree

 

[BlitzPuppet]

"that's why I say 'Hey Man nice shot' "

The guy WAS IN A WEAPON and had already rammed several cops. Revving your engine at a police officer after doing so shows intent to use that weapon against them.

Kid was a dumbass. I couldn't tell from the article...did the kid really storm off in daddy's truck because dad wouldn't buy him cigarettes? Or was the dad just pissed that he took his truck without asking and wanted to teach him a lesson?

A failure is a failure either way. And I have to LOL at all the communist Nazi references and anti-police comments. What if one of your loved ones was hurt/killed while this kid was driving like an idiot?

 

[NesuD]

Nice job putting words in my mouth, ass.


I said the cop shouldn't have shot the kid. I also said I blame the parents. Apparently you can't read too well...


The kid didn't deserve to die for running from the cops. They could've shot him and not killed him, and they could've stopped him without shooting him.


The blame, however, rests with the parents. The cops were within their rights (but not morally right).

This proves you have no clue what it is like to have to fire a handgun at another human. Trying to shoot and not kill is virtually impossible and a good way to completely miss and get yourself killed. The kid rammed the cruiser multiple times. The last time was less than 3 seconds before the officer finally opened fire on him. Totally good shoot.

 

[NoStateofMind]

Ask why yourself these two questions.

Why police must escalate every situation?

Why are police seen to be doing the right thing when you are not afforded such liberty in the same situation?

 

[AdamantC]

Ask why yourself these two questions.

Why police must escalate every situation?

Why are police seen to be doing the right thing when you are not afforded such liberty in the same situation?

Did you even watch the police footage? That's the only thing I can think of as to why you are still defending the guy.

 

[Matt1970]

Ask why yourself these two questions.

Why police must escalate every situation?

Why are police seen to be doing the right thing when you are not afforded such liberty in the same situation?

The kid rammed the cop car first. 99.9999999% of the time it's not the cops escalating the situation. Police don't typically ram you if you pull over when you see their lights. I particularly do not approve of any department not willing to do what it takes to stop people in pursuits especially ones that don't even allow pursuits. It actually encourages more people to run from cops and increases the danger.

 

[Theb]

http://www.opposingviews.com/i/soci...am-mcpherson-cleared-death-unarmed-teen-after

Officer cleared. It seems fast for an investigation, but I suppose with the video there's not much to investigate.

His family says that Comstock had problems controlling his anger, but was recently getting his life together. He had been living in a homeless shelter at the time of his death.