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(Some Guy)		You're walking down the interstate with your small children, and a deputy stops to help you. Do you c:) stab him, get shot, leave the kids, steal the cop's car, crash into a tree and die? (timesfreepress.com)		82
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the_rev		2011-05-23 08:37:39 AM

Ta da?

CaptainWes		2011-05-23 08:42:57 AM

RabidDog		2011-05-23 08:46:08 AM

She roared north
I love that bit. Rawr.

gopher321		2011-05-23 08:48:48 AM

Bam bam thank you ma'am.

miss diminutive		2011-05-23 09:13:14 AM

Is it common practice for police officers to leave their cars running and unlocked when dealing with people? I would think that they would take their keys out of the ignition and carry them with them just for this very reason.

the_rev		2011-05-23 09:18:03 AM

miss diminutive: Is it common practice for police officers to leave their cars running and unlocked when dealing with people?

Yes. It's way more common for an officer to need to jump into his car to chase a fleeing person, than for a person to try to steal the car.

miss diminutive		2011-05-23 09:22:30 AM

the_rev: miss diminutive: Is it common practice for police officers to leave their cars running and unlocked when dealing with people?

Yes. It's way more common for an officer to need to jump into his car to chase a fleeing person, than for a person to try to steal the car.

That makes sense when the other person is in a car themselves...but the only car she had access to was his. Then again, there's no way he could have known she was whacked out on crazy juice.

the_rev		2011-05-23 09:48:45 AM

RabidDog: She roared north
I love that bit. Rawr.

I AM INSANE WOMAN WITH GUNSHOT WOUND ON INTERSTATE. HEAR ME ROAR!

nekom		2011-05-23 10:18:59 AM

the_rev: miss diminutive: Is it common practice for police officers to leave their cars running and unlocked when dealing with people?

Yes. It's way more common for an officer to need to jump into his car to chase a fleeing person, than for a person to try to steal the car.

Yeah your average person isn't going to steal an idling police cruiser, it's just a powerfully bad idea. So they do leave them run often based on that.

AbbeySomeone		2011-05-23 10:39:11 AM

Hey subby, where do you get the idea the officer was trying to help her?

Ryan2065		2011-05-23 11:05:49 AM

AbbeySomeone: Hey subby, where do you get the idea the officer was trying to help her?

Oh yes, another person who thinks all cops are out to get everyone and none of them could ever try to help another person.

He was called about someone walking down the interstate with children, got out, and was talking to her. What do you think he was talking to her about?

the_rev		2011-05-23 11:06:57 AM

Ryan2065:

He was called about someone walking down the interstate with children, got out, and was talking to her. What do you think he was talking to her about?

"Good afternoon, Ma'am. I fcucking DARE you to stab me and steal my car. GO ON. DO IT."

I_Am_Weasel		2011-05-23 12:26:38 PM

I'll go with C, but just this once.

Relatively Obscure		2011-05-23 12:55:25 PM

What I find odd is that it took four writers to compose that article.

xanadian		2011-05-23 12:57:19 PM

Good news: Woman gets "Mother of the Year" award.
Bad news: No Darwin award. She already bred.

gopher321: Bam bam thank you ma'am.

Or, even, "blam blam," but that works, too.

envirovore		2011-05-23 01:31:21 PM

The Aristocrats?

Kome		2011-05-23 01:36:00 PM

Well, I wouldn't personally. I would do what I could to avoid getting shot and hitting a tree with a cruiser. But the rest is, you know, a gray area with me.

blahpers		2011-05-23 01:36:22 PM

....LIKE A BOSS?

Man On Fire		2011-05-23 01:37:47 PM

meth is a helluva drug.

Cryptic Farker		2011-05-23 01:37:54 PM

From the articles in the sidebar: "Mental hospital closure to have regional effects".

rougeuxm		2011-05-23 01:37:55 PM

blahpers: ....LIKE A BOSS?

came for the LIKE A BOSS reference... leaving satisfied.

pop.culture.dumpster		2011-05-23 01:38:06 PM

Do you c:) stab him, get shot, leave the kids, steal the cop's car, crash into a tree and die like a boss?
/ftfy

AmazinTim		2011-05-23 01:41:22 PM

FlyingJ		2011-05-23 01:42:06 PM

what were a.) & b.) again?

durbnpoisn		2011-05-23 01:45:22 PM

AbbeySomeone: Hey subby, where do you get the idea the officer was trying to help her?

The other day, my family and I drove into the CVS parking lot, and there was some dude laying there sleeping on the sidewalk, with his feet it the area where cars drive by.
We all laughed about this at first... But after we finished our errands in the complex, we drove out the same way to find a patrolman and partner there talking with the guy.

My daughter was like, "OMG! He's gonna get arrested isn't he?!"

My answer was... "Not unless he does something crazy or stupid. The cops are just there to tell him he can't pass out there, and maybe actually protect him from his own stupidity. They are actually trying to help him."

And that answers your question too. This cop wanted to get to the bottom of matters and possibly help. He had no idea the woman was batshiat loopy and would do what she did.

//At least the kids are safe, and she won't be any danger to them any longer.

H31N0US		2011-05-23 01:45:52 PM

Poor kids. Hard to say if they are more or less farked now. On one hand, they saw their Mom lose her shiat and get shot by cops. On the other hand, just about every other alternative is an upgrade from being raised by someone who would steal a cop car and leave them on the side of the road.

danno_to_infinity		2011-05-23 01:45:58 PM

WTF is this 'like a boss' shiat?

eddie_irvine		2011-05-23 01:46:39 PM

Follow-up: Link (pops).

Ryan2065		2011-05-23 01:48:09 PM

danno_to_infinity: WTF is this 'like a boss' shiat?

A SNL reference.

madcan34		2011-05-23 01:50:44 PM

WTF is this 'like a boss' shiat?

Overdone

madcan34		2011-05-23 01:51:25 PM

And this happened in the south you say?

Color me surprised

Codenamechaz		2011-05-23 01:51:48 PM

Never change, Florid...wait, Tennessee?

broken jebus		2011-05-23 01:51:52 PM

from the f/u article: "She was a pretty young lady. She had a good personality"

sure...apart from the occasional stabby/stealy bent, she was aces.

mongbiohazard		2011-05-23 01:52:43 PM

FTFA: It wasn't clear Saturday whether she was in or out of the car when Patrick fired.

Oh really? Let me help you junior Sherlock Holmes' over at the Times Free Press with this one real quick. From earlier in your own damn article:

"All of a sudden I look down at the driver's door and there's bullet holes in it," he said.

the_rev		2011-05-23 01:52:57 PM

Codenamechaz: Never change, Florid...wait, Tennessee?

She came from Florida, so...

valanienna		2011-05-23 01:52:58 PM

Codenamechaz: Never change, Florid...wait, Tennessee?

But she was FROM Florida. She took the crazy with her.

Codenamechaz		2011-05-23 01:53:30 PM

Relatively Obscure: What I find odd is that it took four writers to compose that article.

The other three had an aneurism trying to contemplate this happening.

the_rev		2011-05-23 01:53:59 PM

mongbiohazard: FTFA: It wasn't clear Saturday whether she was in or out of the car when Patrick fired.

Oh really? Let me help you junior Sherlock Holmes' over at the Times Free Press with this one real quick. From earlier in your own damn article:

"All of a sudden I look down at the driver's door and there's bullet holes in it," he said.

She could have been standing in front of the door when he began shooting at her.

bossuniversalAA		2011-05-23 01:59:19 PM

i' actually eating a pickle with my lunch, so i'm really getting a kick

broken jebus		2011-05-23 02:01:42 PM

I guess she didn't need help.

danno_to_infinity		2011-05-23 02:02:25 PM

Codenamechaz: Relatively Obscure: What I find odd is that it took four writers to compose that article.

The other three had an aneurism trying to contemplate this happening.

snickered
/sounded amazingly like Scooby Doo

gojirast		2011-05-23 02:04:02 PM

The "lady" in this case is from Sanford Florida.

This is one example of why I figured that the "some big dummy is setting fires in sanford" story must have been urban improvement.

Lizsavage		2011-05-23 02:04:51 PM

After reading the follow up I think something is amiss here. This girl was bringing her kids to the grandparents for the summer. How did this go down? How did she end up ditching her kids and stealing a cop car? I bet she got drugged along the way, or something fishy is going on. Was the cop car rolling downhill when it crashed? Makes you wonder if he didn't shoot her, then stuff her in the car.

the_rev		2011-05-23 02:07:11 PM

Lizsavage: Makes you wonder if he didn't shoot her, then stuff her in the car.

She stabbed him. He didn't need to cover anything up. Besides... there were plenty of witnesses: the kids, and the traffic.

gojirast		2011-05-23 02:08:30 PM

mongbiohazard		2011-05-23 02:14:23 PM

the_rev: mongbiohazard: FTFA: It wasn't clear Saturday whether she was in or out of the car when Patrick fired.

Oh really? Let me help you junior Sherlock Holmes' over at the Times Free Press with this one real quick. From earlier in your own damn article:

"All of a sudden I look down at the driver's door and there's bullet holes in it," he said.

She could have been standing in front of the door when he began shooting at her.

Perhaps. Not like it should have been too hard to figure it out with just another question or two to that guy they interviewed who ran over to the car when it crashed.

For instance: "Was there any blood on the outside of the door when you ran up?" It sounds like there wasn't, and even thought that doesn't guarantee that she wasn't outside when she was shot... it does make it much more likely that she was shot inside the car rather than outside.

RichieLaw		2011-05-23 02:19:01 PM

What I am wondering is shooting at a woman who is fleeing a scene after cutting an officer on the hand a reasonable use of force?

/Serious question, I'm not sure what the answer is myself.
//I mean, she could have crashed that car into another vehicle or pedestrians after being shot, shouldn't the cop just have called for backup and waited instead of trying to wound her while she was speeding away in a car?

the_rev		2011-05-23 02:19:54 PM

mongbiohazard: it does make it much more likely that she was shot inside the car rather than outside.

I don't guess it matters really. Any ho that's crazy enough to stab a police officer and steal his car is a rather immediate threat to everyone's safety, and needs to be stopped.

Shenanigans!		2011-05-23 02:20:38 PM

Lizsavage: After reading the follow up I think something is amiss here. This girl was bringing her kids to the grandparents for the summer. How did this go down? How did she end up ditching her kids and stealing a cop car? I bet she got drugged along the way, or something fishy is going on. Was the cop car rolling downhill when it crashed? Makes you wonder if he didn't shoot her, then stuff her in the car.

Yes, cops love to shoot innocent people for no reason, because it's not like those incidents ever get investigated or anything. They can pretty much shoot whoever they want whenever they want all the time with no repercussions. That's why whenever you see cops, they're always shooting people.

kapaso		2011-05-23 02:26:42 PM

RichieLaw: What I am wondering is shooting at a woman who is fleeing a scene after cutting an officer on the hand a reasonable use of force?

/Serious question, I'm not sure what the answer is myself.
//I mean, she could have crashed that car into another vehicle or pedestrians after being shot, shouldn't the cop just have called for backup and waited instead of trying to wound her while she was speeding away in a car?

I think most cops are shiat, stuff likes this just reaffirms my suspicions.

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