Hat tip - RobMbr /br /From the a href="http://www.suntimes.com/news/sneed/1690188%2CCST-NWS-SNEED29.article"Chicago Sun-Times/abr /br /br /br /blockquotestrongCops now allowed to shoot drivers? br /Calling all cars! br /July 29, 2009br /BY MICHAEL SNEED Sun-Times Columnist /strongbr /br /Sneed hears Police Supt. Jody Weis has issued a new deadly force police policy, which is scheduled to go into effect this weekend.br /br /• • To wit: Chicago cops will now be permitted to shoot at drivers or passengers in cases of felons fleeing in motor vehicles. (Weis' policy advisers recommended the change.)br /br /• • The upshot: Proponents claim it helps protect cops.br /br /• • The buckshot: Critics claim the new policy is "ridiculous" and the liability to the City of Chicago could be astronomical. br /br /• • Translation: "Officers were allowed to use deadly force to prevent death or great bodily harm to themselves or another person, but it didn't allow them to use force to apprehend a fleeing forcible felon," said a police source. "If confronted by an oncoming vehicle, officers were simply told to get out of the way, unless they were put in great danger," added the police source./blockquotebr /br /Some child is going to be killed by a police bullett...I can see it now. br /br /This is a riot waiting to happen.div class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21083673-3630286254562174589?l=mirroronamerica.blogspot.com'//div
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