MikeSP
Ultimate Member
OK, I hadn't seen that confirmed until the next day. The initial reports were all over the place even that the driver fired shots.
That's what I thought about the firing at the speeding away car from a distance... The reality of that stopping the vehicle seemed unrealistic (like a movie)
Since I posted a question before your post does that mean you want to punch me in the throat?:
I understand now (reading a little) there is a risk shooting downward towards the pavement and/or metal of the vehicle. I was asking because there were 5 police in the video right next to the car and I wasn't thinking about the danger, but my thought was shooting the tires of a stationary car (if that worked) from point blank range would be more practical what they did firing at the vehicle in general from a distance as it sped away.
I would think shooting out the tires of a moving vehicle is just as ineffective as was firing at the vehicle in general - something we know didn't work.
If people mock those that suggest "shooting out the tires" as ridiculous, then my question is for the officers firing at the speeding away vehicle from a distance: What were they aiming at and what were they trying to accomplish that is less ridiculous than trying to "shoot out the tires"? seems like 6 of 1, half dozen of the other.
