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Dapaga
reply to post by stirling
The first shots are the bean bags being shot at him. It looks like they hurt him and he panicked, and then tried to find protection in the car. He realized his mistake, and stepped back, and was shot a couple more time with the bean bags. He shouted, "Ow! Allright!" and turned with his hands in the air...and was shot for real.edit on 26-1-2014 by Dapaga because: (no reason given)
Police in Pinal County, Arizona, claimed that the shooting death of a suspected car thief two weeks ago came after the man had turned to reach for a weapon.
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Dapaga
reply to post by stirling
The first shots are the bean bags being shot at him. It looks like they hurt him and he panicked, and then tried to find protection in the car. He realized his mistake, and stepped back, and was shot a couple more time with the bean bags. He shouted, "Ow! Allright!" and turned with his hands in the air...and was shot for real.edit on 26-1-2014 by Dapaga because: (no reason given)
I starred you for that... That's what I saw too. I know/seen some extremely tough/crazy people get shot with bean bags/tasers an it worked wonders to get them under control.
If there wasn't that definite pause before the final two shots when he had time to raise his hands and turn around it would be a little more understandable because who knows what was potentially in the car/backseat.
The officer that fired the final two shots definitely had time to read the situation an the situation is that man was giving up, he shouldn't have been shot.
According to Babeu, Longoria hit one Eloy police vehicle and two sheriff’s vehicles during the final stages of the chase.
defcon5
reply to post by Another_Nut
According to Babeu, Longoria hit one Eloy police vehicle and two sheriff’s vehicles during the final stages of the chase.
I'm not sure if that is considered attempted vehicular homicide on a police officer, or battery on a police officer with a deadly weapon, it may depend on the state laws. Either way the police were already justified to shoot him before the video even started. They tried to take him into custody without killing him, but his own actions prevented that from happening.
Either way, if you hit a police vehicle while fleeing, the police can justifiably shoot you.
A car is a deadly weapon, and using it to hit an officer in the commission of a crime justifies lethal force in every state I am aware of...
edit on 1/27/2014 by defcon5 because: (no reason given)