Toronto van muder suspect in custody.

[C Moon]

Last edited Mon Apr 23, 2018, 06:07 PM - Edit history (1)

If this guy had done this to a police officer in the U.S., he would have been shot 20,000 times.
I can't get over how the officer didn't open fire. Maybe he could tell it wasn't a gun?
https://www.cp24.com/video?clipId=851942

That link has changed...here's a different view
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/breaking-toronto-canada-van-crash-12414819

The first link showed the suspect pointing something at the police officer, then putting it behind his back, then pulling it out real quick and pointing again. But that link is gone.

[malaise]

1. The Canadian police are not trigger happy

The culture is different and I'm betting that if they had shot him, they would have hit his hand.

[C Moon]

2. I can't get over how modest their cars are too. Out here the have huge SUV's

and wear khakis and body armor.

[EllieBC]

4. I live in a rural town in BC outside of Vancouver.

The RCMP here most certainly have SUVs. Stop romanticizing some silly ideal.

[Tipperary]

5. You need to realize how important certain narratives are here.

[C Moon]

6. "Stop romanticizing some silly ideal?" I was commenting on the frigging video!

Politeness goes a long way on DU.

[Queen of the Iceni]

9. When you said over here it sounded as if you were comparing Canadian cop cars to US ones -

not just the ones in the video....you know, like you were having a dig at America.

[NutmegYankee]

3. It's a Hollywood myth to shoot a gun out of someone's hand

It's a very difficult shot and the odds of missing are extremely high. Sure, people can group shots tightly with a pistol, but that is from a competition stance, stable breathing and stable heart rate with no adrenaline flowing. And frankly, if the officer had the time to stabilize and aim that shot, they had the opportunity to not shoot at all.

[muriel_volestrangler]

7. That starts a different clip for me

This modified link seems to go to the correct one: https://www.cp24.com/video?clipId=851942#1377667

[C Moon]

10. They must have removed it. They one I had shows the suspect pointing what looks like a gun

at the officer. and then moving it behind his back and then pointing it again.
Like he wanted to be shot.
I'll look for the link again.
Thanks!

[OliverQ]

8. I'm so sick of this crap happening. What a sick world.

And I'm going to Toronto in a few weeks.

[dalton99a]

11. Suspect identified:

https://heavy.com/news/2018/04/alek-minassian-driver-van-hit-pedestrians-toronto-canada/

[malaise]

12. That's a lot of bald for 25

just saying