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Just how wrong could this have gone????
What would you have done?
I wouldn't have brake checked him...or if I did I would have tried to disabled his car.
Probably just pulled over and let him go, gotten plate info and tailed from a distance.
I definitely would have not STOPPED for the crazy man with the gun!!!
I don't see the cop being a cop for long....
Ric
Officer faces gun charges in I-81 incident
BY REX BOWMAN
TIMES-DISPATCH STAFF WRITER
Feb 14, 2007
RELATED: Police Beat
SALEM -- A South Carolina police officer used a gun to threaten a female motorist on Interstate 81, Virginia State Police allege.
Officer Eric Cmeyla, 41, of the Greenville, S.C., Police Department must appear in a Roanoke County court tomorrow on two counts of brandishing a firearm, said state police Sgt. Bob Carpentieri.
Destinee Puckett, 18, of Vinton said yesterday that the incident took place Sunday as she was driving south on I-81 at 60 mph -- the speed limit along that stretch -- in the left lane.
The male driver behind her pulled up close to her bumper and grew frustrated that he couldn't get around her, Puckett said, but traffic was too thick for her to move into the right lane.
She said she looked behind her and saw the man holding a gun above his steering wheel as he tailgated her. She said she was so rattled by the sight that she hit her brakes, which led the driver's Volkswagen Jetta to slam into her Nissan Maxima.
When they pulled over at Exit 140, Puckett said, the man tapped on her window with the barrel of the gun, striking the window so hard the glass chipped.
"I called 911," she said. "He said, 'I'm a cop; can I see your license and registration?' He seemed to be mad that I was paying more attention to 911 than to him, and he was getting frustrated.
"He was like, 'I can shoot you right now if I wanted to.' I told 911, 'He's threatening to shoot me.' And he said, 'No, no, no.' So 911 told me to roll up my windows. But he put his hand over my window so I couldn't roll it up.
"My boyfriend was sitting beside me. He was in shock."
Police arrived and arrested Cmeyla. He was released from custody on a recognizance bond.
The Greenville Police Department released a statement saying Cmeyla has been placed on administrative leave pending the outcome of his arrest. The statement noted that Cmeyla has been with the department for five months and is still in the department's training program.
http://www.timesdispatch.com/servle...&cid=1149193189558&path=!news&s=1045855934842
What would you have done?
I wouldn't have brake checked him...or if I did I would have tried to disabled his car.
Probably just pulled over and let him go, gotten plate info and tailed from a distance.
I definitely would have not STOPPED for the crazy man with the gun!!!
I don't see the cop being a cop for long....
Ric
Officer faces gun charges in I-81 incident
BY REX BOWMAN
TIMES-DISPATCH STAFF WRITER
Feb 14, 2007
RELATED: Police Beat
SALEM -- A South Carolina police officer used a gun to threaten a female motorist on Interstate 81, Virginia State Police allege.
Officer Eric Cmeyla, 41, of the Greenville, S.C., Police Department must appear in a Roanoke County court tomorrow on two counts of brandishing a firearm, said state police Sgt. Bob Carpentieri.
Destinee Puckett, 18, of Vinton said yesterday that the incident took place Sunday as she was driving south on I-81 at 60 mph -- the speed limit along that stretch -- in the left lane.
The male driver behind her pulled up close to her bumper and grew frustrated that he couldn't get around her, Puckett said, but traffic was too thick for her to move into the right lane.
She said she looked behind her and saw the man holding a gun above his steering wheel as he tailgated her. She said she was so rattled by the sight that she hit her brakes, which led the driver's Volkswagen Jetta to slam into her Nissan Maxima.
When they pulled over at Exit 140, Puckett said, the man tapped on her window with the barrel of the gun, striking the window so hard the glass chipped.
"I called 911," she said. "He said, 'I'm a cop; can I see your license and registration?' He seemed to be mad that I was paying more attention to 911 than to him, and he was getting frustrated.
"He was like, 'I can shoot you right now if I wanted to.' I told 911, 'He's threatening to shoot me.' And he said, 'No, no, no.' So 911 told me to roll up my windows. But he put his hand over my window so I couldn't roll it up.
"My boyfriend was sitting beside me. He was in shock."
Police arrived and arrested Cmeyla. He was released from custody on a recognizance bond.
The Greenville Police Department released a statement saying Cmeyla has been placed on administrative leave pending the outcome of his arrest. The statement noted that Cmeyla has been with the department for five months and is still in the department's training program.
http://www.timesdispatch.com/servle...&cid=1149193189558&path=!news&s=1045855934842