Originally Posted by Rochard

So the cop wasn't being a dick at all; He didn't ticket her for her DL being expired.

This is exactly what I thought it was. The driver was a complete bitch, and fled from a routine traffic stop. After three minutes of her refusing to get out of the car, and eventually she peacefully gets out of the car. He attempted to restrain her, she went to flee again, the kid comes out and attacks the police officer. Now we have a very dangerous situation where an officer is attempting to restrain a suspect, is attacked by a fourteen year old kid, the officer draws his gun, children on a busy freeway... Fucking insane.

Did the cop need to break the window? He's got one suspect (the driver) resisting arrest, a second suspect (the fourteen year old kid) who just assaulted him - Both suspects are coming out of the van no matter what and the police aren't waiting.

This is new to me.... The officer who shot at the mini van wasn't the same officer who pulled them over. The officer who shot didn't know the full circumstance. Just before the other two police cars arrive, the original officer says something into his radio - at the 12:20 mark or so - which is most likely something along the lines of "officer assaulted, need assistance quickly" and two police cars come screaming in. All the shooting officer knew is that a suspect fled from a traffic stop, and the officer had reported he had been assaulted and was asking for emergency back up.

I still think the shooting was improper... But the kid had no right to interfere at all.

That woman is a crack head.