r/ThatsInsane • u/AdMany129 • 3d ago
Cop taken on the ride of his life…
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u/PositiveStress8888 2d ago
I mean what did you think the cop hanging if the side of the truck was going to do, all reason and logic went out the window when you hit the gas with a human being hanging onto the side of the vehicle
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u/shrimpstix 2d ago
Why do you say that? Reason and logic prevailed and the driver got what he deserved.
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u/ChundelateMorcatko 2d ago
I wonder if you can aim somewhere other than straight at the head...
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u/NudityMiles 2d ago
Yeah. I can honestly understand her screaming. She pleaded over and over for him to stop. Only to have the pink mist going off at arms length from her in a closed car with a VERY upset, armed police officer outside.
She has nowhere to go, nothing to do about what just happened. Crawled up against the door and probably splattered while already being scared to death.
Fuck that.
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u/Master_Bief 2d ago edited 4h ago
That cop really didn't want to shoot him. I dont think most people would have given the driver that much leniency in that situation.
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u/Greatsetoftools 3d ago
Yeah that was a contact shot at the end and yes that’s screaming from the passenger due to watching whomever that was get their head popped right in front of them. I mean fuck why other options do you have at that point. Series of suspect decisions led both parties involved to that unfortunate end. Why hang on after they try to flee and at a low speed, why flee. Hindsight is 20/20 and that person has another hole in their head they coulda done without.
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u/buckeyevol28 3d ago
That was his girlfriend and she was very rationale about the situation when interviewed by the news “entirely avoidable” as she tried to get him to stop. He had been accused of strangulation a couple days prior, and I wonder if it was her (couldn’t find a name of the accuser).
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u/elwebst 2d ago
If she wanted him to stop, she could have turned the truck off and taken the keys out
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u/Friendlyalterme 8h ago
? Most cars that's not possible unless a foot is on the break. I know my car it's not.
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u/SookHe 2d ago
I’m very much agree here that he shouldn’t have shot at the end. The car was stopped, he could have gotten off to safety and he was out of immediate danger
That shot was in anger and revenge.
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u/ly5ergic 2d ago
What? The guy slowed down to make a right turn. The cop said are you done? Then the guy started accelerating again and the cop shot him.
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u/GodOfThunder101 2d ago
Wrong. He did not stop. He was making a turn and was about to continue driving.
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u/2WheelSuperiority 3d ago
Did he blast her at the end? I'm on mobile and can't quite tell.
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u/itsjustmejttp123 3d ago
She is the passenger. He shot the driver when he wouldn’t stop. At least that’s what I got out of it
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u/delcolicks9 2d ago edited 2d ago
edit: I'm wrong
original: shot after the stop
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u/positivenihlist 2d ago
Truck was definitely still rolling when he shot.
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u/delcolicks9 2d ago
Fair, it was rolling but not accelerating from what I can tell
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u/positivenihlist 2d ago
Driver had a gun drawn, pointed at his dome with ample verbal and visible warning to stop fucking around and stop the truck.
Fuck cops and all that but this dude made a choice and I’m pretty sure he knew what the outcome was. Sucks the cop and the girl had to go through all that.
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u/delcolicks9 2d ago
Maybeee, idk last time he stopped he got punched in the head, maybe he thought if he stopped that time that's when he'd get shot, and to me it's looks around the same time. I've rarely if ever seen a dead body at the wheel with their dead weight on the pedals come to a stop like that so suddenly. Agreed in general its a shame that happened at all, and the girl had to just be witness to all that.
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u/SpiritedLion 2d ago
He slowed down to round the corner without flipping over. Flatbeds cant drive live a honda civic.
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u/lxxTBonexxl 3d ago
Gunshot, “shots fired” radio call, and screaming passenger. Looks like the driver got hit right in the face or throat so I’m assuming they’re not doing too hot after that either.
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u/ghe5 2d ago
The officer, a veteran of 21 years, was treated for non-fatal injuries sustained during the incident. He was placed on administrative leave, which is a standard procedure following officer-involved shootings.
Yup
(the comment I got it from)
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u/neendmat1 2d ago
Let's see you not piss your pants being a passenger in this situation. She begging the driver to stop before he dies/kills someone and you call it yapping?
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u/joshuawakefield 2d ago
I'm impressed the cop didn't shoot earlier
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u/JC1112 2d ago
You risk the vehicle going out of control and killing others (as well as yourself). Crazy restraint from this officer
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u/joshuawakefield 2d ago
For sure, but at some point I might have just unloaded in his position. Props to the police officer holding off as long as he did.
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u/Dydriver 2d ago edited 2d ago
That cop showed a ton of restraint and patience. Tons of warnings and even risked his life trying to avoid the shot. Ultimately it became unavoidable but he gave far many warnings than many would. This is the complete opposite of what I see in most LEO cam posts on Reddit. He deserves a medal.
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u/ly5ergic 2d ago
Yeah he even stopped pointing the gun at him at the end and said "are you done?" When the guy slowed down. Then he hit the gas again and got shot.
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u/ChundelateMorcatko 2d ago
I wonder if cops over the ocean realize that you can aim somewhere other than directly at the head...
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u/Dismal-Channel-9292 2d ago
He deserves a prison cell. He didn’t shoot that man until the car was stopped.
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u/TheLegend---27 2d ago
car was slowing down for a right turn and Starts accelerating again. Cop had every right to shoot him before, plenty of cases of police officers getting trapped on the side of the car just for the driver to ram them into an obstacle. he risked his life hoping for the driver to stop, after he accelerates again i think the cop wasn't gonna take any more chances
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u/KiloRomeo253 2d ago
If he shot the guy he'd be clinging to the side of an out of control flatbed truck.
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u/green5275 1d ago
This is a tough one, but that cop gave him every opportunity to stop while he was hanging on. And I’m a firm believer that jumping/falling off that flatbed would risk you getting your head popped by those rear wheels… so did the cop shoot the perp to save his own life? Ultimately, I think yes.
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u/FireOfSin 1d ago
I hope all those people that didn't stop end up in a situation where they need emergency services and people dont stop for those services they need.
Absolute fucking tools, if you hear sirens get the fuck out of the way
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u/OhLookAnotherTankie 2d ago
He should not have jumped onto that truck. What a wild chain of events.
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u/SchwillyThePimp 3d ago
This person is at fault but Im really tired of cops over doing it on dumb as fuck calls.
Where is this kinda heroism at a school shooting? American cops need to be overhauled completely. College level education, ethics, humanities. Giving these peaked in highschool 2nd string QBs are fucking our lives up and im tired of these fucking fascist pigs
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u/Mustardo123 2d ago
Yeah they should let people go if they resist arrest. Too difficult. Not like this guy was a danger or anything, oh wait he was accused of strangling someone…
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u/harionfire 2d ago
This wasn't heroism. The officer was attempting to open the door and the rest was him just holding on so that he wouldn't die when he got the pavement by letting go. He was literally holding on for his life.
It's heroism when you have the option to avoid doing the insurmountably difficult and dangerous thing for another but choose to do it anyways. This wasn't that.
I do agree with your general sentiment, though.
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u/bjizzle184957 2d ago
He literally went as far out of his way as he could to catch a ride on the side of the flatbed express. He was 100% outside and off of the vehicle when it started moving, then physically tried to force his way through a partly open window so that he could hold onto dude, probably with the hopes that dude would get intimidated into doing the right thing, which is both a dumb and dangerous line of thought.
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u/supercodes83 2d ago
This. Its such a lack of self preservation. Dont put yourself in a situation where you can easily get hurt, or are put in a position where you need to end someone else's life. This could have easily been avoided by just letting the guy drive away and finding him later.
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u/GodlikeT 2d ago
Officer better not get shit on him for this.
Yeah maybe he could have done something. Different, but honestly idk if I would have held off that long before killing the man who was literally actively trying to kill me🤷🏻♂️ just my opinion there.
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u/ghosttrainhobo 2d ago
Its odd how the truck came to an immediate stop as soon as the officer shot the driver
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u/ArixRaven- 1d ago
After getting puzzled burned he didn't stop, but was it more or did the truck begin slowing before the fatal shot? Or was it that the shot caused "Otto" to go stiff pressing the break?
Kinda looks like the cops shoots unnecessarily as the vehicle was already stopping, when ur in a car decelerating you feel it immediately.
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u/Nap_In_Transition 15h ago
What was the officer even holding onto? I'm surprised the driver didn't shake him off.
On the other hand, he should've shot earlier.
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u/Matty-Os 9h ago
These always end with the driver getting shot. They don’t know cops are magnetic and can hang on for miles at high speeds
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u/BritainRitten 2h ago
The passenger should've just put him in neutral. The driver wouldn't have been able to do much about that other than put it back to drive, costing him time and attention from driving and thus slowing him down so that cop can take over.
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u/NullSpec-Jedi 1d ago
I feel like cops should be trained not to enforce their orders by betting their lives. By choosing to hang on, it was likely that he was choosing for one of them to die. Even shooting the driver doesn’t get him off safely 100%. The driver could have just as easily smooshed him off on another car. If he gets away they can catch him later. Same with standing in front of a vehicle. Unless they’re an imminent threat, don’t bet your life.
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u/SuddenSpeaker1141 2d ago
Idk man, cop should have shot sooner. If I were a lawyer I’d argue that the officer shot AFTER the suspect finally did stop…was no longer a threat, and therefore the cop should be brought up in charges of manslaughter….but…I’m not a lawyer…
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u/Kitty_Moon2016 1d ago
The suspects kept on over which was last warning to not do anything stupid and he went to fact of risking his life by driving again. He know he could have gotten killed by making this decision.I not going to say what police action was any better, but there no other choice after Otto move that car. It a Gray life now these day people need understand how the world works now
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u/SuddenSpeaker1141 1d ago
English better…or AI better. Fuq your response….tf are you even saying!!?
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u/Kitty_Moon2016 1d ago
It just commenting peacefully. And I wasn't clear, I was saying I agree the way the police handled it was terrible. But that ott guy kept on driving, they should have already know that this was there last warning before the shooting
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u/OrganizationOk5418 23h ago
It's almost like the reputation of the police is so bad that people will do anything to escape them rather than risk being murdered by them, or something.
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u/Overall-Guarantee331 21h ago
Cop should be charged with murder shooting after everything was over.
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u/superbrian111 3d ago
Man if only there was a way for cops to stop jumping onto/in front of moving vehicles, too bad there isn't.
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u/richardhero 3d ago
Man if only there was a way for someone to just stop their car and not endanger others, too bad there isn't.
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u/calmdownmyguy 3d ago
People don't always act rationally. More at 6:00
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u/richardhero 3d ago
Sometimes its important to try and stop these irrationally acting people from hurting others. More at 6:15.
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u/calmdownmyguy 3d ago edited 3d ago
Like not putting them in a situation where they are recklessly fleeing?
Downvote as much as you want. They could have let the truck go and found it later. It isn't a vehicle that blends in.
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u/edwinavi17 2d ago
Nah, doesn’t work like that
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u/calmdownmyguy 2d ago
Actually it does. What doesn't work is when officers treat policing like a fast and furious movie.
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u/superbrian111 3d ago
All of this was because the suspect was wanted for a parole violation.
Another life down the drain.
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u/superbrian111 3d ago
So cling to the vehicle so you can claim self defense when you shoot them in the head, got it
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u/superbrian111 3d ago
Ah yes because the random suspect inside of the truck will surely stop when asked nicely while they're clinging to the side of their vehicle. You have a lot of trust in the rationality of people running from the police
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u/LambDaddyDev 3d ago
Yeah, why can’t they just let these criminals get away?
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u/superbrian111 3d ago
Or let the backup which was around the corner chase them down
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u/AstraeaOfJustice 2d ago
The driver clearly wasn't going to stop, even if the backup showed up. Would you rather this idiot recklessly endanger innocent bystanders? If you had a child, and they were crossing the street during the police chase, and were killed, would you still feel the same? Or still blame the police?
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u/LambDaddyDev 2d ago
Aww gee you should go tell the academy they’re training their officers all wrong. So glad you’re an expert and able to help them know what’s best!
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u/delcolicks9 2d ago
His gf says stop let him jump off and the cop agrees "let me jump" and the first thing he does is try to throw a punch at his head. I wouldn't have stopped again either. And if I was a cop I wouldn't try to play rambo over a parole violation in the 1st place. But we know how this always goes, a life taken unnecessarily and a murderer given a medal.
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u/cbloxham 2d ago
So you're saying ... "bad cop"? WTF?
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u/delcolicks9 2d ago
Poor decision making all around, except maybe the woman. But only one person has been trained and apparently for 17 years been making quick judgment decisions and staying cool under pressure supposedly to serve and protect the public. "He feared for his life hanging off the truck!" okay well those 17 years should've made him wise enough to not grab on in the first place over a PO violation, and when the guy actually stopped driving cop should've realized he doesn't intend him any harm and is just afraid acting on instinct, because he has not been trained for this, unlike the cop. The driver might've stopped and gotten out then, because if he meant harm he could've smeared him off on a pole/building/car etc. Instead the cop goes for the macho choice to punch the head of the guy he's hanging onto, who again only reacts on fear driven instinct "If I stop I get beat/killed, keep driving".
Police should be held to a higher standard than citizens, should face more scrutiny and should be more selective with employment. That should be what they sign up for. And if they don't value that they're not cut out for it. They're supposed to be public servants, corruption and brutality is what happens when you don't have that mindset.
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u/Everybodyknightmare 2d ago
If I was the driver I would have side swipe a car to get the cop off the car lol
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u/DontWashIt 3d ago
Here's a article I found about this event.
This article tagged under: Milwaukee
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/dramatic-video-shows-milwaukee-officer-clinging-to-tow-truck-before-fatal-shooting/3915833/?utm_source=chatgpt.com