Welcome to the party, pal.Excaliber wrote:The short answer is Yes.bayouhazard wrote:Are police really getting shot over $100 speeding tickets? Because there are cases where police have walked in on robberies in progress in restaurants and convenience stores.
The long answer is that they are getting shot during stops that, as far as the officer knows, involve only a $100 speeding ticket. Unles a tag check brings up a warning, until he walks up to the car, he doesn't know if the driver is Joe Average who made a minor driving error, or drunk, on meth, just committed a homicide, or is wanted for serial killings in 6 states. There's also the complication of the passengers, whose backgrounds may be much different than the driver's.
Those who have done this have a true understanding of just how literal the term "pucker factor" is.
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