LA Cops shoot 120 rounds at unarmed man in SUV in Compton, 5 homes hit, cop accidentally hit... with video!

[RaynorWolfcastle]

Originally posted by: Phokus
Oh, so because someone's at fault for something, that gives me the right to shoot them, right? If i steal a piece of candy from the candy store and run away, does the cop who's chasing me have a right to start shooting at me? You're an idiot. There are rules and there are LAWS against this.

Apples and oranges, stealing candy from the store doesn't make you a public safety threat. Matching the description of a vehicle that fired shots earlier and evading the police in an SUV does.

Again, you have very selective reading; I said that I didn't condone what the cops did, I'm just saying that the dumbass in the SUV opened himself to the situation (and instigated it). It's like you're completely ignoring that the whole situation would have been avoided had the SUV stopped in the first place.

 

[Phokus]

Originally posted by: Eli

Originally posted by: CptFarlow1
I swear when some people are defending criminals their logical thinking just shuts down.....

I wasn't defending the criminal; I was chastizing the police for using excessive force.

IF one of those 120 bullets had killed an innocent citizen....

And with each bullet fired, the chances increase. Get what I'm saying? Let's have a little discretion when it comes to something so deadly, no?

The sad thing is that the guy didn't die, it's almsot miraculous.

I bet his opinion would change in a heartbeat if that happened in his sheltered white surburban neighborhood.

 

[Doboji]

Cops were waaaay out of line shooting 120 rounds at a suspect. Even if that screech was his tires, once he was rolling slow like that all firing should have ceased. It didnt.... the cops are the criminals in this instance. Period.

Stop defending criminals... noone in their right mind can look at this incident and say... :thumbsup: cops... good job... you shot up the whole neighborhood, and it was warranted.

Dumbfvcks stop being the status quo fanbois....

 

[spidey07]

Originally posted by: Biggerhammer

Originally posted by: spidey07
He was endagering officers and citizens and refused to comply.

It doesn't get any simpler than that. Criminals need to learn that when a cop says stop or put the gun down they mean it. An SUV is a deadly weapon so don't tell me he wasn't armed.

...and the people who lived in those five houses? Were they endangering the police too?

Yes, the guy was guilty. That's no reason for the LAPD to go stormtrooper on him.

he threatened officers with a deadly weapon, an SUV.

That means the police get to unload on the guy. I really don't see why this is so hard to understand.

The police are completely justified and within the law in their actions.

 

[mobobuff]

Originally posted by: CptFarlow1
I swear when some people are defending criminals their logical thinking just shuts down.....

I'm not defending the criminal, I'm saying the cops acted in an ill fashion.

 

[BigJ]

Originally posted by: Doboji
Cops were waaaay out of line shooting 120 rounds at a suspect. Even if that screech was his tires, once he was rolling slow like that all firing should have ceased. It didnt.... the cops are the criminals in this instance. Period.

Stop defending criminals... noone in their right mind can look at this incident and say... :thumbsup: cops... good job... you shot up the whole neighborhood, and it was warranted.

Dumbfvcks stop being the status quo fanbois....

How fast does it take to cover 15 feet in an SUV?

You're telling me that since it was rolling slow they should've stopped firing? So you can't go from a slow roll to running down several police officers?

 

[Doboji]

Originally posted by: spidey07

Originally posted by: Biggerhammer

Originally posted by: spidey07
He was endagering officers and citizens and refused to comply.

It doesn't get any simpler than that. Criminals need to learn that when a cop says stop or put the gun down they mean it. An SUV is a deadly weapon so don't tell me he wasn't armed.

...and the people who lived in those five houses? Were they endangering the police too?

Yes, the guy was guilty. That's no reason for the LAPD to go stormtrooper on him.

he threatened officers with a deadly weapon, an SUV.

That means the police get to unload on the guy. I really don't see why this is so hard to understand.

The police are completely justified and within the law in their actions.

Ahhh yes lets condone that police shootup neighborhoods with excessive force... afterall... it's just compton... the neighbors are probably all crackheads anyway.

 

[JuicyLucy]

Originally posted by: Nitemare
When is the riot? I need a new TV

I plan on hitting the Newegg warehouse this time

 

[mobobuff]

Originally posted by: Doboji
Cops were waaaay out of line shooting 120 rounds at a suspect. Even if that screech was his tires, once he was rolling slow like that all firing should have ceased. It didnt.... the cops are the criminals in this instance. Period.

Stop defending criminals... noone in their right mind can look at this incident and say... :thumbsup: cops... good job... you shot up the whole neighborhood, and it was warranted.

Dumbfvcks stop being the status quo fanbois....

:heart:

 

[Sqube]

3% accuracy. Whatever else you might think, that is terrible.

Mandatory gun training all around.

 

[imported_paperclip]

the other cop got hit too =P

 

[Doboji]

Originally posted by: BigJ

Originally posted by: Doboji
Cops were waaaay out of line shooting 120 rounds at a suspect. Even if that screech was his tires, once he was rolling slow like that all firing should have ceased. It didnt.... the cops are the criminals in this instance. Period.

Stop defending criminals... noone in their right mind can look at this incident and say... :thumbsup: cops... good job... you shot up the whole neighborhood, and it was warranted.

Dumbfvcks stop being the status quo fanbois....

How fast does it take to cover 15 feet in an SUV?

You're telling me that since it was rolling slow they should've stopped firing? So you can't go from a slow roll to running down several police officers?

Yes I am saying that you don't have to fire 120 rounds at an SUV in a neighborhood. If you watch the video... they're still shooting at the SUV long after the car is no longer moving. At that point get out of the path of the SUV and make the arrest. There is absolutely NO reason 120 rounds were needed here... and there's no excuse for 11 shots hitting surrounding houses and other officers. Sorry mr. fanboy... the cops were criminal here. Period.

 

[sygyzy]

At least the LAPD is diversifying - it wasn't a Korean this time.

 

[Yossarian]

Originally posted by: spidey07

Originally posted by: Biggerhammer

Originally posted by: spidey07
He was endagering officers and citizens and refused to comply.

It doesn't get any simpler than that. Criminals need to learn that when a cop says stop or put the gun down they mean it. An SUV is a deadly weapon so don't tell me he wasn't armed.

...and the people who lived in those five houses? Were they endangering the police too?

Yes, the guy was guilty. That's no reason for the LAPD to go stormtrooper on him.

he threatened officers with a deadly weapon, an SUV.

That means the police get to unload on the guy. I really don't see why this is so hard to understand.

The police are completely justified and within the law in their actions.

even the Compton chief of police was on the news last night saying that he thought the officers didn't handle it correctly.

nice crossfire they put themselves into too. dumbasses on either side of the SUV shooting at it (and each other).

 

[ed21x]

Originally posted by: Rudee
120 rounds fired with only 4 hits??? Terrible aim.

their goal was not to harm the suspect or hit the gas tank of the car. I thought it was pretty obvious that the shots were taken to immobolize the vehicle after it lurched foreward. hardly an abuse of power as the ssuspect should astopped, especially after hitting a police car earlier, which the OP and this video edit seems to try and deny in hopes of making the cops look bad.

 

[CptFarlow]

Originally posted by: Phokus

Originally posted by: Eli

Originally posted by: CptFarlow1
I swear when some people are defending criminals their logical thinking just shuts down.....

I wasn't defending the criminal; I was chastizing the police for using excessive force.

IF one of those 120 bullets had killed an innocent citizen....

And with each bullet fired, the chances increase. Get what I'm saying? Let's have a little discretion when it comes to something so deadly, no?

The sad thing is that the guy didn't die, it's almsot miraculous.

I bet his opinion would change in a heartbeat if that happened in his sheltered white surburban neighborhood.

Whoa. Yeah you are right, I live where there is a lot less crime. But those people choose to live in Compton. A place known everwhere from rap music to the papers to be one of the most dangerous places in America. Not to say they are not victims, I feel bad for them too. I am just stating that the suv WAS moving foward the second before they fired. Somebody said "But they had the road blocked off!" Exactly! When he spun his tires from stepping on the accelerator quickly, they saw that as an offensive move on his part. They made a defensive one.

One the other note. It is odd that that many shots were fired and so little of him was hit. It would make sense if they were shooing at the tires. Either way, everybody is fine in the end.

 

[ShotgunSteven]

It's Los Angeles. Does any more really need to be said?

 

[imported_paperclip]

i think it's the whole LA mentality.... everyone's at fault here... but 120 rounds does seem a bit excessive...

you know... i'd think it was funny if it were in a video game but it isn't

 

[captains]

Originally posted by: Phokus

I think we can draw a few conclusions from this incident:

1) Cops have REALLY bad aim

2) This leads more credence to the belief that cops hate black people

3) People who live in compton have it really bad


is this your opinion or was this quoted from the radio.....

 

[BigJ]

Originally posted by: Doboji

Originally posted by: BigJ

Originally posted by: Doboji
Cops were waaaay out of line shooting 120 rounds at a suspect. Even if that screech was his tires, once he was rolling slow like that all firing should have ceased. It didnt.... the cops are the criminals in this instance. Period.

Stop defending criminals... noone in their right mind can look at this incident and say... :thumbsup: cops... good job... you shot up the whole neighborhood, and it was warranted.

Dumbfvcks stop being the status quo fanbois....

How fast does it take to cover 15 feet in an SUV?

You're telling me that since it was rolling slow they should've stopped firing? So you can't go from a slow roll to running down several police officers?

Yes I am saying that you don't have to fire 120 rounds at an SUV in a neighborhood. If you watch the video... they're still shooting at the SUV long after the car is no longer moving. At that point get out of the path of the SUV and make the arrest. There is absolutely NO reason 120 rounds were needed here... and there's no excuse for 11 shots hitting surrounding houses and other officers. Sorry mr. fanboy... the cops were criminal here. Period.

I'm not "mr. fanboy" but to say that you should stop firing at a suspect when they are still in control of a deadly weapon is extremely stupid. You see him throw it into drive and reverse a couple of times AFTER it had come to a complete stop, so obviously he was still capable of controlling the vehicle even after the slow roll and stop. And that meant he was still capable of running over police officers. The suspect was not fully incapacitated and the officers had authority to continue firing until he was. Note: fully incapacitated does not mean dead.

 

[Grunt03]

wow, what can one say about this.
The LA Cops are really going to take it in the shorts on thi sone. I really cannot beleave what I just watched, are these guys stupid or what.

1. Car chase - ok so the guy didn't stop for police, he went into the area and was trapped, I can see the threat of useing the vehicle, but he didn't shoot, he didn't hit any of the cops. So why use deadly force at this point. Block him in, hit his car with a cop car.

2. Cops shootout- Next the most shocking thing is the amount of force that was used. Holy $hit!!!!! It looks like all of th ecops couldnt wait to fire their handgun. What I thought was funny about it all was the cops had the vehicle surrounded and they were all firing. It shoudl not be a surprise that someone would be hit due to friendly fire. Perhaps on eof the senior cops could have tried to control the situation a little better.

3. Houses hit - now this is very sad, the bad guy was in a car, in the road, how in the he!! did they shoot houses? I think that for these cops we need to take there guys away from them for a bit......

4. Stupid cop - the cop who trys to yell at the cameraman, yes he pointed his weapon at the camerman, but at the same time he looked very confused, watch the viedo and you will see the same cop almost run in front of a moving cop car.

It is very hard for the public to respect and trust the cops when things like this happen. Once more we will invistigate and spend countless hours and money looking into this and the end result will be the same. The police dept will not change anything, the cops will continue to work, crime will continue but now we as tax payers will pay two cops disability because other cops do not know how to shoot. For those who live in LA I would sugest you move away now, thing will not change, we have already been down this road to many times in the past.

 

[gflores]

Wow, I don't see that much gun fire in more serious crimes...

 

[Rudee]

Originally posted by: ed21x

Originally posted by: Rudee
120 rounds fired with only 4 hits??? Terrible aim.

their goal was not to harm the suspect or hit the gas tank of the car. I thought it was pretty obvious that the shots were taken to immobolize the vehicle after it lurched foreward.

Were they shooting at the tires? I don't think so. That's the only way I can see of immobolizing a vehicle with a handgun. Why not ram the vehicle or block it in with a police car if you are concerned with the vehicle getting away? Shooting at it in a residential neighborhood 120 times is idiotic.

 

[Doboji]

Originally posted by: BigJ

Originally posted by: Doboji

Originally posted by: BigJ

Originally posted by: Doboji
Cops were waaaay out of line shooting 120 rounds at a suspect. Even if that screech was his tires, once he was rolling slow like that all firing should have ceased. It didnt.... the cops are the criminals in this instance. Period.

Stop defending criminals... noone in their right mind can look at this incident and say... :thumbsup: cops... good job... you shot up the whole neighborhood, and it was warranted.

Dumbfvcks stop being the status quo fanbois....

How fast does it take to cover 15 feet in an SUV?

You're telling me that since it was rolling slow they should've stopped firing? So you can't go from a slow roll to running down several police officers?

Yes I am saying that you don't have to fire 120 rounds at an SUV in a neighborhood. If you watch the video... they're still shooting at the SUV long after the car is no longer moving. At that point get out of the path of the SUV and make the arrest. There is absolutely NO reason 120 rounds were needed here... and there's no excuse for 11 shots hitting surrounding houses and other officers. Sorry mr. fanboy... the cops were criminal here. Period.

I'm not "mr. fanboy" but to say that you should stop firing at a suspect when they are still in control of a deadly weapon is extremely stupid. You see him throw it into drive and reverse a couple of times AFTER it had come to a complete stop, so obviously he was still capable of controlling the vehicle even after the slow roll and stop. And that meant he was still capable of running over police officers. The suspect was not fully incapacitated and the officers had authority to continue firing until he was. Note: fully incapacitated does not mean dead.

And if some kid had been hit by a stray bullet you'd still be singing this asinine tune?

 

[Phokus]

Originally posted by: Rudee

Originally posted by: ed21x

Originally posted by: Rudee
120 rounds fired with only 4 hits??? Terrible aim.

their goal was not to harm the suspect or hit the gas tank of the car. I thought it was pretty obvious that the shots were taken to immobolize the vehicle after it lurched foreward.

Were they shooting at the tires? I don't think so. That's the only way I can see of immobolizing a vehicle with a handgun. Why not ram the vehicle or block it in with a police car if you are concerned with the vehicle getting away? Shooting at it in a residential neighborhood 120 times is idiotic.

I also read that in some precincts, you're supposed to use a shotgun to take out tires as well. It doesn't look like they're shooting at tires in that video.