Sheriff shoots at truck full of kids???

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StarWarsIsMyLife — 14 years ago(May 20, 2011 03:02 PM)

What they did was assault on a police officer. Child or not, assaulting a law enforcement officer will result in instant death.

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Hedley_Lamar — 14 years ago(September 12, 2011 11:56 PM)

I was more amazed at how bad his aim was. The truck was full of kids and no one got hit.
It didn't look like it, but maybe he was aiming at the wheels.
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athomas1 — 12 years ago(March 11, 2014 02:53 PM)

This was pre Tennesse v Gardner (1984). Prior to that decision, police could shoot at fleeing criminals, danger to public or not.

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MsLadybird99 — 11 years ago(September 21, 2014 10:05 PM)

This was pre Tennesse v Gardner (1984). Prior to that decision, police could shoot at fleeing criminals, danger to public or not.
Like they still don't do that now?
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mp_usmc_srt — 10 years ago(April 04, 2015 01:22 AM)

They still can by law shoot fleeing criminals.

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Sparky48 — 11 years ago(July 21, 2014 07:05 AM)

The scene was Hollywoodish; it's illegal for policeman to fire their weapons in such a situation.

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RynoII — 11 years ago(September 23, 2014 11:38 AM)

I don't know about every state, but in Canada, where I live, it is illegal for cops to shoot at tires, because it causes the bullets to ricochet, thereby risking harm to bystanders.

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rj-27 — 11 years ago(January 13, 2015 02:40 PM)

The scene is hardly "Hollywoodish" and if anything, is underplayed. Cops fire their guns "illegally" all the time a rarely, if ever, suffer the consequences.
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mp_usmc_srt — 10 years ago(April 04, 2015 01:24 AM)

You're absolutely incorrect.
Law Enforcement can shoot at fleeing criminals. That are obviously armed as those kids were.

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ejc15 — 10 years ago(December 31, 2015 04:40 PM)

I am a former officer.
In the United States, because of Tenessee v. Garner, you absolutley cannot shoot at a person fleeing unless you can articulate that someones life is being put in immediate danger. I find that to be an almost impossible argument to make.
Now does that mean police officers never do it, no. But if is discovered they did they will have serious consequences, especially if someone dies.

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mp_usmc_srt — 10 years ago(December 31, 2015 07:39 PM)

If you were truly a former police officer you would know that you can legally shoot a fleeing felon that is a danger to themselves and or the public.
Especially if they're in possession of a firearm.
Not to mention back in the day when this movie was made they had laws on the books that allowed police to shoot at anyone running a police road block. Also they could shoot at car jackers.
You ram a police road block and put officers lives in danger you can and would find yourself at risk of being shot at.

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ejc15 — 10 years ago(January 08, 2016 09:20 AM)

You would have to justify that they are an immenient (sp) threat (in my mind I picture that to be a situation where he is running from you but shooting at someone else) which I find to be almost impossible to do. How can you KNOW this person is going to harm someone else. There might be a situation, but this movie would not be that situation.
I believe this movie though did come out prior to Tenessee v. Garner so you are correct in that day you could shoot a fleeing felon.

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Runnonn — 10 years ago(January 28, 2016 04:44 AM)

Tom Cruise's character unloaded a rifle, so the cop should have shot!

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BigBoss1991 — 9 years ago(October 22, 2016 05:47 AM)

Well, remember one of them unloaded a full mag from an M16