I am going to have to break this up a bit to get everything across... Well, the officer that shot him was not the officer that called in that he tried to ram him (he was off in the woods...). I have already said that he may not have TRIED to ram him, but a vehicle that drives in the direction of my vehicle while im driving around, is trying to ram me. Yes, he steered around but i would call it ramming as well. But hey, im the stupid crazy one in this convo so its cool. Hmmm... chase him because thats your job. If someone is that desperate is running like that, he prob did more than just steel a car. Whether its that he/she is on parole, on drugs, drunk... what ever the case. Which in this case, the person was on drugs and drunk which is probably why he ran the way he did. Ya, lets just give up the chase so this drunk, high person, driving a stolen vehicle can just go where ever they want to go and do what ever they want to do. Good idea! No, you dont know right off the bat that this person had these things in their system but experience will tell the officer that someone running like this more than likely has something else going on than just the stolen car. So um... if i were to point a gun at you, yes i realize that it is a car in this situation but both are life threatening situations, and tell you i am going to pull the trigger, a cop comes up and says, well he is making a mistake but i dont think he deserves to die. Then, i shoot you. Wow, looks like the cop should have chose to SHOOT ME!!! Why? because i was threatening the life of someone else. Thats the police officers job. PROTECT- to defend or guard from attack, invasion, loss, annoyance, insult, etc.; cover or shield from injury or danger. (dictionary.com) So, letting a person run wild while high and drunk in a stolen car is protecting the public? Ya, i can see where you get that. Well lets see, did you even watch the video? I am assuming that you did but perhaps without audio. Reading some of the other posts would have help make you not look so ridiculous with this statement too. Video enhancement of the license plate? They had the license plate, IT CAME BACK STOLEN!!! Driver ID? Hmmm... Thats really easy to do when its the middle of the night and they are driving 100 MPH. If you saw me drive past you would you know exactly what i looked like? I didnt think so. Yes, a guy that made MULTIPLE bad choices is dead because he risked multiple peoples lives therefore got what was coming to him.