Chicago Thug Cop runs over little girl, then shoots and kills her distraught dad

This is absolutely shameful. This poor little girl nearly gets her face skinned off by an off-duty cop on his motorcycle. Her poor father, obviously distraught, confronts this cop and is killed.

Now obviously we have a lot more facts to find out about this incident, but at this point, my money is on yet another out-of-control cop thinking he can do whatever he wants. As a police officer, I think he was obligated to cool down the situation he created, and probably could have easily done so. If it is as this appears, I hope this cop goes to prison for a very long time and burns in hell afterwards.

My condolences to this family. I hope they get justice for what appears to be a totally unjustified killing.

[video=youtube;2CicanQ18d8]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CicanQ18d8[/video]

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2012/08/cop-shoots-man-after-running-down-daughter/

 

Dear God what a complete FUBAR.

 

Based on that paragraph it sounds like the father was out of control, not the cop.

 

This is an old story and IIRC, the dad was assaulting the cop over his anger.

 

Wait a minute what?

The little girl runs out into the street, the cop dumps his bike trying to avoid her, the father attacks him, he shoots the father and you blame the cop?

How stupid of a society have we became? The cop was injured from the accident and the father attacked him, are you suggesting police don't have the right to defend themselves?

 

And as a professional, it's the cop's role to cool off the situation. Any father would be rightfully upset about this incident.

We shall see, though.

 

I have to agree. The cop did what he reasonably could to avoid hitting a child that ran into the street however all we have is one side of the story right now but this sounds not out of line with today's mob rule idiots that abound.

 

There is a story that you may know about a riot somewhere in Texas and the city council asked the state to send the Texas Rangers to help them.

When the train arrived from Austin only one Ranger got off.

The city fathers asked if he was the only man who was sent and he replied

"There is only one riot, isn't there?"

That may or may not have happened but modern cops do not perform well as the Lone Ranger.

They depend on backup and an overwhelming show of force to control bad situations.

This cop was alone, injured and being beaten up by the little girl's father and another man.

 

Let's wait for the whole story before jumping to conclusions. Police shootings are thankful rare so at least as far as gun play a lot of the time restraint is shown.

 

Unfortunate situation, but if the child ran into the street it is not the fault of the driver of the vehicle that hit her, it is the father's fault for not having either been holding the girl's hand or carrying her. Isn't that standard practice with a child of the girl's age? The father was clearly not acting as a responsible parent should. To then attack the driver of the vehicle (or rider in this case) shows that the man who got killed is not only irresponsible, but a complete idiot.

 

Normally I would agree with you - the cop is the pro. In this situation though, what frame of mind is the cop in. He's just survived a traffic accident, injured a small child, and someone is in his face over what happened. Cops might be good, but they are not supermen.

 

You are right. While I stand by my first instinct on this, it's best to not jump to conclusions.

 

Let me guess, the officer must have been white.

 

OK, all you of you guys with comments like this have a good point. I am pretty big on first impressions. The people I watched speak appear credible. The father looks like a nice man to me. And I concede, hearing one of the relatives talking about that poor girl's face being skinned really got to me.

My gut is still telling me we're dealing with a cop with an ego issue, but hereby withhold judgment until more facts come out.

Thanks to all of you for your comments.

 

On the ground with a broken ankle, dislocated shoulder and two angry black men beating on you, how does a cop cool off the situation?

 

This happened in MAYWOOD..... a ghetto suburb of Chicago.... A place that has it's fair share of shootings and violence. Even though, I don't like Chicago cops because there are too many corrupt one's out there, until more evidence comes out, I side with the police... Too many violent people in Maywood.

 

“bruises and abrasions.” "contusions and abrasions". She will be fine.

 

And too many people who seem to think that violent pummeling of a white mans head by angry young black men, is something that just has to be tolerated. As if it is to be expected.

 

Please note response above yours. Now get the hell off of me, man!

 

Please note response above- “bruises and abrasions.” "contusions and abrasions". She will be fine.

 

Cop showed restraint. He only pulled the trigger once.

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Cop showed restraint. He only pulled the trigger once.

 

I know. Note the white flag. I appreciate your comments.

 

I tho't this story sounded familiar. It happened a yr ago......

Sorry, Ace - can't agree w/ you about this. Cop or not, the guy dumped his bike as fast as he could to avoid hitting the unsupervised 4 yr old girl darting into the street..........

Instead of being grateful that his daughter wasn't seriously injured or killed, he attacked the guy and then another one came up behind him...

Another senseless tragedy - a little girl lost her father needlessly b/c, instead of calling an ambulance for her, he & another chose to beat up the man......

Parents can run faster than their 4 yr olds, so where was the father when the child was out on the sidewalk, free to run into the street?

 

According to the story it appears he tried to: “The officer tells him, ‘I’m the police. Take it easy.’"

 

4 yr olds are rather quick(I have 2) and frankly, if you're not holding their hand near a busy street, WTF are you doing? You can't trust them. I have a vice lock on my kid in parking lots or if we're in the city. Attacking the person that tried to avoid hitting your child makes you a PSYCHO. First off, the anguish going through the cops head just knowing he hit a child is extreme in the first place, so when 2 guys start trying to beat you for essentially AVOIDING a really bad accident, I blame the idiot, out of control father. He doesn't deserve to die, but then what the frack is wrong with people thinking you can start pummeling people when YOU make a mistake?

Sorry, I can see how this played out without even batting an eye.