Thread: Why frontline cops should be armed

Originally Posted by timattalon

What they were doing specifically (which beggars belief in all honesty as I saw them myself)

They would hide behind a parked car along our street just after a speed bump. When a car passed the speed bump and stated to accelerate, one of them would jump out in front of the car and slam their hands down on the bonnet giving the drivers a fright. Any normal person can see how this behaviour could end in tears VERY quickly, but these kids thought they were invincible and were laughing about it.

I know this because when they did it to me I let loose a chain of loud (and very descriptive) expletives questioning their heritage and suggesting they were not very bright.....Hence why we thought the police may be able to do something to prevent someone A) getting hurt or B) being arrested for a serious assault on a teenager (Minor?) as one or two of the drivers looked very much like they were going to "have a word" themselves....

One of the reasons we no have a dash cam in all our cars....

They were doing it round the corner from us but pushing out a shopping trolley just after you turned into the street from a busy road so the gas pedal was down. I just put the trolley in the back of the van and they came up with the expletives.