Tacoma police officer who ran into mob was under threat

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A graphic video shows a Tacoma Police Department officer driving through a mob of people surrounding his car.

One person was taken to a hospital. He originally was reported to have just minor injuries but that statement from police has been walked back, according to KIRO 7.

People have been outraged, but there was a lot of misreporting and people making false assumptions.

As it happens, themob was a threat to the officer and he acted in self-defense.

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Czar of Comms
4 years ago

The radio reported this thing called cracking down on crime in the glorious people’s republic of Washington state?
It could have been an auditory hallucination?
The first thing I thought of was that Uncle Joe and CPUSA just sent out the useful status is expired warning to the burn it all down by any means necessary comrades.
When in doubt step on the gas as there should be consequences for playing in the street.
We learned that lesson very young when a neighbor boy was almost killed by a car and will always have a gnarly scar to keep as a reminder.
BTW-when you do a search not using an evil browser that starts with a G, this story is the first result!

Deserttrek
4 years ago

Good for the cop. They have no business surrounding the vehicle