Treptow says the man was in street clothes and never identified himself as a police officer. With his wife in the passenger seat, Treptow fired three shots at the officer, hitting him in both legs and grazing his arm.

sounds like Mr. Police officer learned an important life lesson.

Why the scary tag? This guy is a hero, cops like this guy are douchebags who give every decent officer of the law a bad name.

So he was forced to join a well-regulated militia?

/Didn't RTFA.

LordPistachio


onecanshort: This guy is a hero, cops like this guy are douchebags who give every decent officer of the law a bad name.

This. Was the cop fired? What the hell was he thinking?

What every arrogant power-tripping asshole pig thinks, "I'm a cop, I am the law and I have a gun - I can do whatever the fark I want and get away with it."

Interesting, but not surprising that the cop says that Treptow pulled the gun first... but, the officer blocked Treptow and his family, even letting a "road rage" incident get that far, and given the fact that police won't charge Treptow in the shooting, pretty much indicates that the cop was WELL, WELL, into the wrong end of things here.

He should lose his job, and face serious charges, including the abuse of authority.

This cop gives all other cops a bad name. Just because you are an "undercover" cop doesn't give you a license to re-enact "Training Day"

farking second ring suburbs, full of "America, FARK YEAH! Rumsfeld, woooo!" parroting morons who think they need to pack heat because it's rough out there... I'm sure that the shooter "didn't do a single thing" that lead to the mutual road rage.

And what sort of officer takes out their weapon without identifying themselves as police? Both of these people are nuts.

Ten bucks says this brings up the conceal/carry argument again here in MN...

czarangelus
If more people were willing to defend themselves against no-knock raids and police initiated violence, we'd have a lot more freedom and a lot fewer police.

That's a real fast way of getting yourself shot.


Jazzycat
Just to play devil's advocate here... Didn't the news crew say that the police officer claimed that Treptow got his gun out first? Secondly, why couldn't Treptow have just driven away without any further incident?

Or third, why didn't the officer just pull out his badge and say he's a cop? The shooter would've probably crapped himself when he realized he just drew on a cop and was going to lose his permit.

Jazzycat: Just to play devil's advocate here... Didn't the news crew say that the police officer claimed that Treptow got his gun out first? Secondly, why couldn't Treptow have just driven away without any further incident?

As I stated just a moment ago, the police released Treptow, which indicates that they had plenty of evidence to clear him - it sounds like the undercover cop got pissed because Treptow reacted to something the cop did (like tailgating, which cops often do) and decided to "teach the punk a lesson" - he obviously blocked Treptow in.

If the cops had an inkling Treptow was not entirely innocent, he'd still be in jail, with charges pending a prosecutor's review. That it didn't get that far says a LOT.

Kiliana, Not_Enginerd
... Second Amendment...

You keep using those words. I don't think they mean what you think they mean.