I've been seeing this video making the rounds on all sorts of social media with a lot of high five-ing and chest thumping going on. Before I say the next statement please believe that I have many close friends in LE and I respect what they do and am often the first one to defend them against those who hate the uniform often because they can't exercise self control in an effort to keep from breaking the law. Was this really the best way to resolve the situation? When I look at this video my first reaction was: what if there was someone else within about a 25-30' path that car just bashed through? A small child playing in the front yard or some other innocent person who was hiding in fear when they heard the gun shots, perhaps laying under a vehicle or behind the wall or something. Then what? We still all chest thumping if his actions killed three people? I can live with a stray bullet from a firearm because that's a more effective method of dealing with such problems. You train regularly using firearms with this exact situation in mind. He effectively used a rocket launcher to dispatch a fly and in this case there was no collateral damage as a result so the explosion is entertaining but if there had been collateral damage... then what? Let's be realistic, it's hard to control a 5,000lb car at that speed and if there had been an innocent nearby he couldn't have simply swerved to avoid them if they were in the direct path of that car. As soon as he left the road at that speed he was no longer in control and anyone who says he was would have just as much luck convincing me he could have bent the bullet after firing it to avoid innocent bystanders. I'm glad it all worked out for everyone (after the not-so-small tab of damages is paid by tax payers) but this could have very easily had a gruesome result and I don't think people would have been so gung ho on his actions. In this day & age of cop hating reporting I'm VERY glad for everyone involved and everyone who wears a badge that this worked out but had it not it would have been yet another black eye on the profession and I'm not sure how that would have swung the pendulum in light of recent events. I guess I'm saying that the more I see it the less I support the actions of that officer. In fact, the immediate reaction from the to p radio chatter of the officer in charge of the scene seem to echo this same sentiment. I'm just not sure this is the best example of police control for those bringing it into question right now.