Reaction to video

I recently watched a video that really gave me an interesting view of yet another situation in law enforcement that you cannot predict. I watched the video in the non-fiction section that had to do with a police officer pulling over a van for speeding. The events that followed left me with both positive and negative feelings for both parties involved. I will elaborate on this below.

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The video I watched started off with a singular police officer pulling over a van that had a mother and her kids inside. The officer approached the vehicle, informed her of what is going on, and then went back to his car to begin the next part of the traffic stop. The van then drove away though and the officer then pulled them over again. He was not happy and attempted to immediately remove the mother, the driver from the vehicle, but she resisted. He eventually got her to walk to the back of the car, but she would not cooperate. Her son, only a teenager, then exited the vehicle to hep his mother and actually physically engaged the officer. The officer threatened him with a taser and he retreated back into the car. The family was back in the car when backup arrived. They ordered them out, but they drove away again. One officer then opened fire on the vehicle that had children in it. A chase then occurred until the mother gave up. The mother and son were both arrested and charged.

Now, with the above said, this video has a lot going on in it. In regards to the women herself, I think she acted completely out of line. The way she acted toward the police even gave her son the wrong impression, which related to the point that it is okay to not listen and fight against the police. So, now her son was arrested with her. That is ridiculous. I thought the officer's actions were fine, which included the window when they would not open the door, threatening the women's son with a taser, and removing the mother from the car for driving away from him. The only thing I thought the police did wrong here was that one of the officers shot at the van, which contained defenseless children. That officer should know that this can not happen because it puts the children in harms way due to the hazardous decisions made by others.

So, all in all, this very short video had a lot going on in it and a lot can be said about. I feel that law enforcement did some good things and some bad things in a situation that went from simple to crazy very quickly.