Officer Fires At Minivan On Traffic Stop

[oftheherd1]

I understand what you are saying and I feel for cops, you guys have a tough, thankless job. **** happens in my occupation too. But I cant imagine shooting at someone that was unarmed. Take the woman to the ground like you would a man, or let her flee, but shooting at her and her kids?
And just for the record, what you guys do is appreciated by me and my community. I have a very good relationship with our Sheriffs dept. Good people.

I agree with all you said except the bolded/underlined portion. It is a dangerous thing to do as if you make a mistake you may hit someone you didn't intend to, but I am sure in the cop's mind, he wasn't shooting at anyone, but rather at the tire. So continuing to say he was shooting at the woman and her kids may be unnecessarily inflammatory. Again, I acknowledge it was a dangerous thing to do given there were other passengers in the car.