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[Crazy_Sunshine]

Yes, things could have got alot worse. Who is arguing other wise?

Wait, then what were you implying then? That you disagree with the method the off duty officer used? Or something else? Because from your post it seemed as if you were upset at (off duty) police for using a risky maneuver like that.

This video (don't mind the crude CG chase) shows the truck impact.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uk1DMBJivOY

Skip to the 1 minute mark for that

Thanks for the video.

 

[kehs]

People never cease to amaze me. We see a video of someone driving a car through a park full of children and they are up in arms about a truck driver hitting the same car, just enough to stop him? Maybe I am seeing things differently, I saw a video of the truck driver hitting the stolen car and it wasn't that bad. Enough to stop him.

This video (don't mind the crude CG chase) shows the truck impact.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uk1DMBJivOY

Skip to the 1 minute mark for that

Well, seeing that video, it doesn't seem like it was an intended head on crash. More incidental.

Wait, then what were you implying then? That you disagree with the method the off duty officer used? Or something else? Because from your post it seemed as if you were upset at (off duty) police for using a risky maneuver like that.

Yes? Driving head on into cars isn't a very safe or smart idea for cops to be doing.

 

[Zozz]

That impact seemed pretty tame.

 

[ReturnOfTheRAT]

With insurance, because who would drive without it, how much is the truck driver liable for?

 

[Snkfanatic]

Well, seeing that video, it doesn't seem like it was an intended head on crash. More incidental.

Not what I am seeing. If anything he intended to just pull in front to force him to stop but ends up clipping him.

 

[stufte]

Well, seeing that video, it doesn't seem like it was an intended head on crash. More incidental.



Yes? Driving head on into cars isn't a very safe or smart idea for cops to be doing.

why do you keep saying he was a cop? It was some guy listening to a police scanner.

 

[kehs]

why do you keep saying he was a cop? It was some guy listening to a police scanner.

The video in the OP refers to him as an off duty officer.

 

[Snkfanatic]

why do you keep saying he was a cop? It was some guy listening to a police scanner.

I could be wrong but I think the guy listening to the scanner was the one that tipped police off to the cars location in the first place, which in turn started the chase when the teen sped off from the traffic stop.

 

[No Love]

The video in the OP refers to him as an off duty officer.

He's not, the video is wrong. On Facebook he blatantly declared "I am not a cop, just someone who had to take action"

 

[AkuMifune]

The new Batmobile is a Dodge Ram?

 

[kehs]

He's not, the video is wrong. On Facebook he blatantly declared "I am not a cop, just someone who had to take action"

Ah ok, I haven't friended him yet.

 

[Crazy_Sunshine]

Yes? Driving head on into cars isn't a very safe or smart idea for cops to be doing.

Yeah it's risky in that sense, but given the totally of the circumstances maybe the risk outweigh the possibility of others getting hurt.

He's not, the video is wrong. On Facebook he blatantly declared "I am not a cop, just someone who had to take action"

News to me. Thanks for the update.

 

[stufte]

Ah ok, I haven't friended him yet.

Nothing like turning up the snark when the narrative you're arguing gets thrown out the window.

 

[Mammoth Jones]

A dangerous person driving recklessly is a dangerous person driving recklessly. He was gonna get someone killed. Glad the truck put a stop to that nonsense.

 

[Ethranes]

Catching a lot of flak for my posts, so just want to say, no I'm not taking the side of the child and hoping that he would be able to get away and run over other people. But yes, I do completely disagree with the measures that this civilian took to stop the car, anyway you look at it, it's a grey area, morally and legally. I'd have faith in a police force to deal with the matter appropriately, taking the law into your own hands isn't something that I agree with what so ever.