He should have shot the air filter to disable the engine instead of killing it.
Toronto police officer charged in Distillery District shooting.
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Maybe not. According to the video, it looks like the driver has a clear path behind him..... unless all cops cars hit him at the right angles and pinned it completely.
If I recall, Toronto police currently are using Glocks or Sigs and are chambered in .40cal S&W. More importantly, yes, Toronto's police force is not supposed to shoot a car to disable, however, they are allowed to shoot at the driver to stop the car. Go figure.
With all the speculation about the criminal driver, we must remember that the policeman did kill the poor car. Perhaps there should be a memorial service to the deceased vehicle, replete with flowers, pictures of it coming out of the showroom and a book of condolences, similar to the racoon who died downtown last year.
And you're still missing the point, which this charge reinforces; if there's no justification to potentially kill, then there's no justification to shoot in the first place. Discharging a firearm is a risk, the risk needs to outweigh the immediate threat to life faced by the shooter. If it doesn't, the shot wasn't warranted, period.
Virtually every North American law enforcement agency uses hollow points; they'd be foolish not to. They're more effective at stopping the threat by creating a larger wound channel and have a lower chance of pass through both by way of expansion.
Yeah ... good point ! He shot to kill the engine but he could have just as easily aimed at the ignition wires ... sure the engine would have limped along but at least it word be alive !!!
not sure for metro
peel was S&W M&P in 40 cal - usually Federal HST, Remington Golden Saber, Speer Gold Dot and Winchester Ranger.
Doubt it was Sig - pretty expensive.
Not going to happen with the 9 mm pea shooters they have.
They would need something like a Dessert Eagle to penetrate it with only one shot
except they use 50 cal which punches a hole through the engine block.... Sure, when we have snipers around who carry the Macmillan TAC .50 but the majority of the time we don't and we use what we have at hand.
Not going to happen with the 9 mm pea shooters they have.....Keep thinking that, but notice how he didn't shoot only once, and it isn't necessarily about getting in to the block to disable a vehicle, there are other components that can cause that to happen under the hood.
Not going to happen with the 9 mm pea shooters they have.....Keep thinking that, but notice how he didn't shoot only once, and it isn't necessarily about getting in to the block to disable a vehicle, there are other components that can cause that to happen under the hood.
Nobody seems to have noticed that when officer numbnuts started firing, there was another officer directly in the line of fire. The latter rapidly moved out of the way, and behind the other cruiser; he looks bewildered after, standing there. I would guess that he complained to his supervisor. He could easily have been hit by ricochets. Careless use of a firearm doesn't usually wash when it concerns a cop pointing a gun or shooting a gun at a citizen, but I would think that it may apply when shooting towards fellow cop.
After seeing the video, I can see why he was charged. What a reckless individual, firing off a clip into the engine area. There were other officers downrange of his target area that could have been hit by a ricochet, bystanders or himself. What a complete tool! If he still has a job after all this, I'm thinking he's going to have to go in for some remedial gun safety training and earn the right to carry a weapon again.
9mm...who carries 9mm? Not the cops. A "dessert" eagle, with whipped cram and a cherry on top? BTW, a .50 AE won't penetrate the block, you'd need a .50 BMG.
