Chapel Hill Police Officer Discharges Firearm at Vehicle (move, horses)

[kelly237]

Originally Posted by CHTransplant

...... but I struggle with the question of why the use of weapons is the right response.

She used her car as a deadly weapon...
Should he have waited to see if she planned to run over him again before stopping her car ???

[SFspiderman]

Originally Posted by kelly237

Really...A lot of innocent people are running from the police ????

....and in this situation she tried to run over him & hit him ..she is lucky he showed
mercy and didn't shoot her dead !!!!!

It's the innocent bystanders hit during police chases that are the issue.

[CHTransplant]

Originally Posted by apexgds

Someone attempting to run him down with her car isn't a life or death situation?

As I said, I only know what was in the Town's news blurb. I don't have any facts that suggest the driver was trying to run down the police officer. Perhaps you have additional information that I haven't seen.

[Not_liking_FL]

Originally Posted by kelly237

Really...A lot of innocent people are running from the police ????

....and in this situation she tried to run over him & hit him ..she is lucky he showed
mercy and didn't shoot her dead !!!!!

Read my post again.

[YoungFogey]

Originally Posted by CHTransplant

I don't have any facts that suggest the driver was trying to run down the police officer.

You mean, besides the blurb that you posted?

"Hall struck the officer with her vehicle by backing into him. The officer fired one shot at the vehicle which deflated the left rear tire."

[pitroad]

The vehicle she was driving had also been stolen

[pbctong]

If the intent of using the weapon was using the gun to shoot out the tire so the suspect couldn't escape then I don't have a problem.

[don6170]

Originally Posted by Sherifftruman

Here the cop did just that, shot the tire out rather than into the driver area

Did he say he was trying to shoot out the tire, or that is just what happened? From what I understand, it is very difficult to shoot out a tire on a moving vehicle.

Either way, I have no problem with what he did. I usually try to give them the benefit of the doubt when they have to make a split-second decision. That's one reason I have so much disrespect for the bad cops.

[Not_liking_FL]

Originally Posted by pitroad

The vehicle she was driving had also been stolen

This would justify a chase, imo.

[CHTransplant]

Originally Posted by YoungFogey

You mean, besides the blurb that you posted?

"Hall struck the officer with her vehicle by backing into him. The officer fired one shot at the vehicle which deflated the left rear tire."

Where is intent indicated in that sentence? What does "backing into him" mean? How fast was she going when backing up? How was the officer struck?

As I said, I don't know the facts, just the news blurb. I'd be happy consider more information.

But, again, I am expressing what I want for policing in my community - not a broad national debate about police tactics.