re: Warning: graphic dash cam video of New Mexico State trooper being killed

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wish he had a different approach dealing with him. I would not be comfortable if I wa Steve trooper letting the guy get out the car with his weapon.

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The sad thing is that the shooter had been under surveillance by HSI (ICE). They knew he was on his way to Las Cruces, allegedly for a drug deal, and enlisted the help of NM State Police to pull him over on I-10, presumably to avoid an apprehension in a residential area that could have innocent bystanders.

Officer Jarrott was merely assisting HSI.

You can see them in one of the videos rolling up to the scene within a minute of the shooting as he is bleeding out on the side of the road.

HSI then pursued the shooter 40 miles east on I-10, Las Cruces PD had cleared the highway and set up a spike strip. Shooter hit it and lost control of his truck, it stopped, and he jumped out gun blazing at the LCPD officer on his tail. That officer was hit and suffered non-life threatening injuries. Several officers (local and feds I believe) unloaded on the shooter and sent him straight to hell.

An amigo working on a road parallel to I-10 happened to catch all of that on video.

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I wish he had a different approach dealing with him. I would not be comfortable if I was the trooper letting the guy get out the car with his weapon.

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That was my thought as well. I don't understand letting that guy get out of the truck with the gun in his hand. shite, make him get out of the truck without the gun, and watch him do it.

I can't speak to police training, but I can't imagine that was the right way to handle that situation.

But that dude was a total POS, and he got the ending he deserved--being put down like the animal he is. Somehow knowing he got killed by cops doesn't seem fitting enough though after watching that video. He deserved the worst death imaginable.