Ever think that just maybe they were trying to disable the vehicle and NOT hit the driver? Plus, from personnel experience, it is actually hard to hit a moving target coming towards you at high speed.

monday morning quarterbacks, nothing is more despicable than someone who criticizes someone else who had the courage and fortitude to do what's right, but doesn't have the courage themselves to take a stand.

It seems that you lack any experience in firing weapons. Too much John Wayne and Bruce Willis movies will warp your keen common sense button. A semi-auto, with a barrel length of 4 inches or so, can be very hard to fire and strike a fast moving target. It's like, you know, the other night when you were drunk with your girlfriend and couldn't hit a bulls eye even if you wanted to!

Hey Pal,
I'll tell you what,,,stand still like a paper target and put a bulleye's on you forehead,,,hahahaha,,,you're gone.. but put yourself in a vehicle moving at 100MPH and you too may have a chance,,, ,,,but when you did pull over and if I was the cop you were aiming at,,,,you wouldn't be making it to trial to say "no speek english",, you'd be spitting lead out of your brain.. And all you liberals out there who didn't appreciate this comment,,,well guess what you can all do. and twice over

A remark by someone who hase never fire a gun at a moving vehicle. They could have hit the windshield but it deflected the bullets - ever think of that.

Obviously you know exactly NOTHING about hand guns! They are inherently inaccurate weapons and are strictly close range firearms. Most handguns are fired at ranges for practice in feet rather than yards. 25 yards is very common. This is due mostly to the very short sight plane of the gun and the fact that it is being held by one or two hands extended out front. Add that an excitable confrontation and a moving target, and even the most proficient shooters will have a hard time using service (not match) revolvers.

Read the whole story idiot. They were firering at the tire's to disable the Jeep, not to kill the guy. That tell's me they were very good shot's, becouse the driver was not hit.

You can be the best shot in the world but under stress you can miss. You are wrong about most cops being lousy shots. They get more shooting time in than most people.

These police should be charged with taking away the rights of the citizens of this country. Stopping people with no reasonable cause. Our rights are going out the window. Shame on these cops.

What makes you think they were trying to " hit him ". Maybe they were trying to disable the vehicle.

No doubt your opinion is based upon your own personal experience with handguns being utilized in dangerous situations requiring quick responses and concern for others in the zone of danger. Years ago I qualified as an expert with the M16 and the M14 and I had trouble hitting the broad side of a barn with a 45. Then again, maybe you just watch a lot of TV...

DCB
What are you talking about? Who's rights? The drivers right to kill people. Obviously he was not thinking clearly. Maybe he would have killed your Wife, Mother, Child, or yourself because alcohol clouded his judgement. He should not have been on the road. Sobriely Checkpoints have been legally challenged and the few minutes you spend in one is not a violation of your rights. It gets many drunks and suspended drivers off the road. I have seen many times the tradgedy caused by these morons. The police that do these Checkpoints gladly do them because they hope it saved a life that night. Even if it is the life of the drunk drivers themselves. If you had any history with these tragedies, you would be all over this.

what do you think.? ill bet he walks.....bccause no speek english

I have one question, with a name like Blair, are you a witch?

with a name like "nomad" are you an Iranian Terrorist??? moron

Touche Nomad

Legal? Legally drunk? Legally committing crimes with a vehicle? In the U.S. legally? I believe the story says his name is Herrera. Would it make a difference if his name was BLAIR, or JONES, or .....? I don't want to make assumptions, but......REALLY?

Maybe you should try getting a real job and put your butt on the line,,,see how brave you are then. Keystone cops and Barney Fife,,, maybe if you really knew about those old show items you would know that Keystone Cops was spelled with a "K" not C.

Ok, I have heard enough about it being hard to hit a moving target coming strait at you....Strait at you is for all intents and purposes NOT moving. You don't lead something moving AT you, so stop with how hard it is to hit. Now it might be hard to hit because you just crapped your pants.

Okay Integr8er
On you supreme command (since you have so much power) next time the cops will aim straight at the driver and kill him. Then you will be the first person SCREAMING that the cops killed an unarmed driver for no valid reason. That should make you even more happy being an armchair quarterback.

mike-whats hard to understand,they are uniform cops,if i was in a foriegn country and stopped at a roadblock,i would adhere,and to the person who thinks you could disable a vehicle with a handgun,cmon get real and you had experience you said,maybe a hit in the right place with a 50 cal may do it fast enough,they were try to hit him and they missed,its not easy,yeah thats from experience.

how can you claim "me speek a spanish" but you have applied and "probably" received an "american" drivers liscense....? he may not have a liscense, i dont know... but if he does - united states issue, how can you claim that defense?

Hey Julie,
Which bnd of Native Americans produced you?
Or are you by any chance descended from immigrants?
On the other hand, if that suspect's ancestry is native to any part of the Americas -- Guess what -- you are trespassing, unless you can produce a written invitation for some Native American group inviting your ancestors to come to this Hemisphere.

Who said he was from Mexico or S. America? Maybe he is from Central America, or any other Latin American country. How about Spain or Puerto Rico? Heck, there are U.S. citizens who can't speak English! Just because his name is Herrera, does not mean he is Mexican. You assume too much!

Now I like that idea.

Really? An IntraUterine Device? I suppose if a male cop was fitted with one, he truly would be able to "take out a 20 ton vehicle" single-handedly without a weapon.

HAHAHAHAHA

Wasn't there a rapper named Notorious IUD that got shot? HAHAHAHA

Yeah - They should equip all of the cops with IUDs. That would help prevent unwanted pregnancies if nothing else.

Don't you mean "IED's"?

If I'm not mistaken, IUD's are a method of birth control, which this Herrera's mother should have used.

IED, IUD its al the same. Something's gonna blow!. lol

LOL

You fought what war? I fought in wars; Vietnam, Honduras/Nicaragua, Grenada, Panama, and Persian Gulf I. YOU, ON THE OTHER HAND, have not fought in a war. I fought for better protection. Check Points give it to me every night I get into a vehicle.

You fought in Unconstitutional wars, I'm glad for you!!....You fought to protect our liberty and defend the constitution not to implement totalitarianism.

“Those who desire to give up freedom in order to gain security will not have, nor do they deserve, either one.”

You obviously have no idea what you are talking about. They have been doing checkpoints well before I started over 20 years ago and they are not doing the ludicrous things you suggest. You cant compare stopping people to try to get drunks off the road to downloading music illegally. I found that most people like you are the ones who are the drunks who dont want to get stopped for drunk driving and arrested. Innnocent until proven guilty is in court, not on street level where you only need probable cause to arrest a person. By your mindset, someone could break into your house, kill your family and sit for the cops, who could not arrest them because they are innocent until proven guilty.

The only people that make stupid comments like yours are those who have something to hide in the first place. I have been driving for over 45 years and have gone through many check points, both here and in Europe, with no problem what-so-ever. Don't drink or drive (or use drugs) and you won't have any problems!

Hey John,,,Where are you living ,,,maybe if the checkpoints were working the way the should be,,9/11 may not have happened,,,but back then we were all living in a fantasy world that we thought we were undestructable. Wake up there moron, They are there for your protection. If that drunk driver got by the point and killed a family member of yours , you would be complaining that they don't protect you enough. And what if someone does enter your home,,, not to see if you're downloading music, but to rob and kill you,,,,uuuu what wil you do then. mmmm, my home ,,,they wouldn't make it out the back window. Your home,,,,rob and kill you and your family ,,,and maybe even steal your illegal music,, get a real brain and stop sitting on your old one.

John Summers-your a fake and a lyer,checkpoints are legal as long as the main guide line is in effect and thats stopping every one,not pin pointing,so take your ship house phony lawyer bull ship and stow it ship bird.

john Summers-your like obama,you have the constitution mixed up for your own interest.

It's not covered by the fourth ammendment. A motor vehicle is not a residence.

.a search warrant is still needed to search your car. So yes the forth Amendment is applicable.

The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.

He has Johnny and Al. Don't leave home without them.

Disgruntal Postal Worker.
So you say the Supreme Court Justices are wrong? What law school did you go to?Why weren't you on the law team that defended the Checkpoint there? If you had been there I am sure the SCJ's would have seen it your way and they would have made it unconstitutional. (NOT)

Since the SC is a kin to G we should blindly accept what ever they say.Just because you went to law school it must mean you have a better understanding of personal liberty than someone who didn't. Obama went to law school and he thinks it's constitutional to indefinitely detain and even assassinate citizens with out trial.....Remember everything Hitler did was legal.

Gary your so right. Its time for people to use deadly force against any cop who bothers them
In my town we have a police officer who will write a citaion knowing no crime happen. Just a matter of time till he stops the wrong car and someone uses deadly force on this cop. I can't wait !!!

John Harmer: You are so mercilously free of the ravages of intelligence. You condone shooting at cops?

Oh my gosh...COCOLOCO......You must be smoking the good stuff, .....cause not one word of what you typed makes any sense at all.