Ferrari 458 Spider Driver Runs Over Cop's Foot

The pig should have his balls cut off. Obviously he was trying to get run over, then scratched the A-rabs car. With that said Mr Oil rig could use a good beat down.

Just out of curiousity, if this guy wasn't a cop, and just an admirer of Ferrari's, would it change anyone's opinion?

Quote from Xygonn : Even if his foot gut run over, it probably didn't hurt too bad at low speeds. The car weighs 3274 lb. The front/rear on that car is 42 front 58 rear. So 1375 on the front axle. He is only hit by one tire which is only 687 lbs. Usually over something as low as a foot, the suspension (even a stiff one) will place about half the weight on the inside and half on the outside (assuming the middle doesn't touch at all which is conservative). This puts the total weight on the foot at a meager 343 pounds. This is a lot of weight if you drop it on the foot, but this is a slow run over.

To be fair, if that car had 22 inch rims (or whatever is hip these days) it would hurt a lot more than a few inches of rubber.

Quote from trancepire : I read that too, but don't buy it at this point. I would have expected a greater reaction than just standing around continuing to write the ticket while the guy gets into the car if those things happened prior.

Looking a little more that part of the story seems to be included in the criminal complaint that was filed so I'd give it more credence than I might have initially just reading the reports. Cop could be lying but that would be a strange part of the story to fabricate given that there were lots of people around.

Quote from 124nic8 : AFAIK, if a cop tells you to stay where you are temporarily, you are obliged to follow his direction when driving on the public streets.

Bingo

Quote from Mike A. : Looking a little more that part of the story seems to be included in the criminal complaint that was filed so I'd give it more credence than I might have initially just reading the reports. Cop could be lying but that would be a strange part of the story to fabricate given that there were lots of people around.

Thanks for that, I had not seen the criminal complaint.

Quote from 124nic8 : But he bumped the cop. You don't consider that assault? It seems to me that moving in front of the car is a clear, though not verbal, command to not move.

Slowly rubbing the car against the cop's legs? No, I don't consider that assault. The law probably does, considering it was an officer.

I don't consider the cop to be in front of the car; watch his knees drop forward at 18 seconds in. Without that move, he wouldn't have been in contact with the car at all.
Additionally, if you look at the video at around 26 seconds it appears all the driver is doing is straightening out the wheels. From the angle we can see, it doesn't look like he tried to move forward again at all; my current theory is that the edge of the tire moved over the cop's foot when it was straightened out. That's when the cop goes apeshit.

Is the driver a d-bag? Surely. Did he assault an officer? Not from what I saw.

Quote from hsjpatman : If the cop is writing a ticket, he does not need the car to stay.

What if he didn't have all the information he needed?

Quote : It would be no different than if the guy came minutes later and drove off while ripping up the ticket.

It would be because in one case the ticket would be done being written, while in this case the ticket was still being written.

Here's my take on it. What a lot of people don't think about it that cops have training from giving out traffic tickets to drawing their weapon and subduing a suspect, lethally if need be.
As a cop, when do you know when a traffic stop is going to escalate to a lethal situation? Well unless you are Officer Dionne Warwick, I don't think you would know. So they SHOULD approach any and every situation as a lethal encounter. So if someone is going to attempt any type of uncooperative behavior, you should expect a swift and immediate response; most likely not in your favor.
That said; they also need to be able to dial it down just as quickly when the situation is under control.
Personally I believe the Ferrari guy got a lesson in respect. He/you may not like cops and the way they conduct business, but again civilians don't have that pressure of having to react to a given situation with lethal force.

Quote from paperboy05 : What if he didn't have all the information he needed?

All he needs is the license plate which is typically the first thing they write down.
It does not matter if the ticket is fully written yet.
But even if he didn't have the license plate written down, which I find really really hard to swallow, it's a parking violation for crying out loud, it's not a crime, much less a violent crime.
Stepping in front of a car and putting yourself in potential harms way is ridiculously stupid and cocky, considering it's just a parking violation.

Quote : It would be because in one case the ticket would be done being written, while in this case the ticket was still being written.

Makes no difference.
This cop was looking for, and IMO manufacturing, a reason to become unreasonable.
This cop is clearly on a short fuse and has some sort of power trip.
He should not be on active street duty, as IMO someone is very likely to get unnecessarily badly hurt one day, possibly the idiot cop himself.

Quote from hsjpatman : All he needs is the license plate which is typically the first thing they write down. It does not matter if the ticket is fully written yet. But even if he didn't have the license plate written down, which I find really really hard to swallow, it's a parking violation for crying out loud, it's not a crime, much less a violent crime. Stepping in front of a car and putting yourself in potential harms way is ridiculously stupid and cocky, considering it's just a parking violation.

It wasn't just a parking violation though.

Quote : Makes no difference. This cop was looking for, and IMO manufacturing, a reason to become unreasonable. This cop is clearly on a short fuse and has some sort of power trip. He should not be on active street duty, as IMO someone is very likely to get unnecessarily badly hurt one day, possibly the idiot cop himself.

Sure it makes a difference.

Reports are the owner of the car already attempted to disrupt the writing of the ticket and was told to stand on the sidewalk; as well as being told not to get into the car.

WTF is the claim about a power trip? Because he's writing a ticket and some a-hole tries to drive off? Good lord, some of the anti-police stuff is just too much.

Some dumbass tries to drive off while ignoring the officer standing in front of the car, and the officer is the bad guy.

Quote from Danman114 : Just out of curiousity, if this guy wasn't a cop, and just an admirer of Ferrari's, would it change anyone's opinion? To be fair, if that car had 22 inch rims (or whatever is hip these days) it would hurt a lot more than a few inches of rubber.

In my calculation I was assuming the tire was perfectly stiff. So it's conservative, even compared to low-profile stiff tires.

Quote from paperboy05 : It wasn't just a parking violation though.

As far as I can tell it was only ticketable code violations not criminal offenses.

Quote : Sure it makes a difference. Reports are the owner of the car already attempted to disrupt the writing of the ticket and was told to stand on the sidewalk; as well as being told not to get into the car. WTF is the claim about a power trip? Because he's writing a ticket and some a-hole tries to drive off? Good lord, some of the anti-police stuff is just too much. Some dumbass tries to drive off while ignoring the officer standing in front of the car, and the officer is the bad guy.

I'm not anti cop, I'm anti power trip trigger happy idiots, cop or not.
This cop clearly and intentionally put his foot under the tire in order to manufacture a reason to snap like a basket case.
Not sure if you saw the same video I did but the cop was clearly out of control.
He's definitely got some power trip issues.

I know you don't see it the same way I do and it's OK for us to agree to disagree.
One thing is for sure, I would not use this video to train future cops on what to do in this situation.
No intelligent cop would instruct a cop to do what this barnacle did.

Quote from hsjpatman : All he needs is the license plate which is typically the first thing they write down. It does not matter if the ticket is fully written yet. But even if he didn't have the license plate written down, which I find really really hard to swallow, it's a parking violation for crying out loud, it's not a crime, much less a violent crime. Stepping in front of a car and putting yourself in potential harms way is ridiculously stupid and cocky, considering it's just a parking violation.

From the accounts that I have read, the Ferrari owner initially was merely the owner of a vehicle that was being issued a parking citation, until he committed the offense of obstructing the officer in the performance of his official duties. At that point it was no longer an issue of just the parking violation, and the officer had every right and the duty to detain the subject during the incident.

The owner of the Ferrari escalated the incident and bought himself his arrest and charges of felony assault, vehicular assault, obstructing governmental administration, and disorderly conduct.

He should have obeyed the officer and accepted his parking ticket and left, but he did not, and ultimately he received what he deserved.

Quote from hsjpatman : Makes no difference. This cop was looking for, and IMO manufacturing, a reason to become unreasonable. This cop is clearly on a short fuse and has some sort of power trip. He should not be on active street duty, as IMO someone is very likely to get unnecessarily badly hurt one day, possibly the idiot cop himself.

Much anti-cop bias showing here (as usual)....

Quote from nobama : From the accounts that I have read, the Ferrari owner initially was merely the owner of a vehicle that was being issued a parking citation, until he committed the offense of obstructing the officer in the performance of his official duties. At that point it was no longer an issue of just the parking violation, and the officer had every right and the duty to detain the subject during the incident.

If that's truly the reason for the cops actions then he should have arrested him at that point, before the whole running over his foot BS.
That cop was some actor though, pretending to be hurt and all.
I especially like how he was so concerned for his safety that as he was opening the car door he was still holding his ticket book and put his pen away in his pocket, and then took the time to set the ticket book on top of the car.
Sorry but if your concerned for your safety to the point where you have to obnoxiously drag someone out of the car and throw them to the ground, your not going to take your sweet ass time putting your pen away and setting down your ticket book.

Quote : The owner of the Ferrari escalated the incident and bought himself his arrest and charges of felony assault, vehicular assault, obstructing governmental administration, and disorderly conduct.

The cop should be the one disciplined here, he's a loose canon and should be charged with excessive force.
If his force was justified then he should have just dropped his pen and ticket book where he stood.
He should also be forced to go to acting school, because that act he did for the camera was beyond pathetic.

Quote : He should have obeyed the officer and accepted his parking ticket and left, but he did not, and ultimately he received what he deserved.

He should have, I agree.
That still doesn't give the cop a pass.

Quote : Much anti-cop bias showing here (as usual)....

I'm anti-this cop, not anti-cop.
There's good cops and bad cops, and IMO this is a bad one.

I'm not like some others around here who will bad mouth all cops because of the actions of a few idiot cops.

Edit: I especially like how the cops car doors say Courtesy, Professionalism, Respect.
That's definitely not what happened here.
Granted the car owner wasn't exactly any of those things either but his actions don't excuse the cops actions IMO.