Police Kill Man on His Wedding Day...

Short · #1 (**permalink**) 11-30-2006

If you don't already know the story...

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/26/ny...=1&oref=slogin

After finally reading the actual article, rather than just reading headlines or hearing stories from other people...I'm not really sure how the officers could be blamed here. I mean, the guy rammed into a police vehicle, tried to run over a police officer, then rammed into the vehicle again. Did they not have a right to shoot? And sure, 50 shots seems like a lot, but if its me and the car is still coming at me, I'm gonna keep shooting until it stops.

Maybe I'm missing something, but what else could these officers have done?

titansrule · #2 (**permalink**) 12-02-2006

All seems just a little bit crazy. Were all the police officers not in uniform? He may well have hit the van and tried to make a runner, cos he wasnt insured..didnt want it on his wedding day, etc.

50 shots seems like a heck of a lot. Whats wrong with shooting tires? Im sure the police did what they deemed right, and maybe couldnt get the tires or whatever.