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June 20, 2015 12:01 PM   Subscribe

 
Haha, brilliant.

But what kind of moron starts shooting at balloons in a residential area?
posted by Foci for Analysis at 12:05 PM on June 20, 2015 [34 favorites]


A police officer, clearly.
posted by topynate at 12:08 PM on June 20, 2015 [26 favorites]


Shoot at it, like bullets drift off into space...
posted by Samuel Farrow at 12:12 PM on June 20, 2015


Hey, they came prepared, (Or going to a kids birthday party)
Expecting to be ratted on, is my guess.
They should get by with it. I'd let them off.
I hate the idea of dash-cams as evidence, or witness to a crime-unless it is against the cop.
The cop should be locked up for just shooting his gun like that.
posted by QueerAngel28 at 12:13 PM on June 20, 2015


Be fair, maybe the officer was afraid that the balloon was trying to grab his gun.
posted by ActingTheGoat at 12:14 PM on June 20, 2015 [57 favorites]


Stupid cop. Doesn't he know he's always supposed to have a stash on-hand to "find" in the suspect's car anyway? Must be a rookie.
posted by Thorzdad at 12:15 PM on June 20, 2015 [4 favorites]


Be fair, maybe the officer was afraid that the balloon was trying to grab his gun.

Well, the balloons were high and had drugs. No telling what they might do.
posted by Pater Aletheias at 12:17 PM on June 20, 2015 [88 favorites]


Yes of course if the cop actually fired at the balloons he just committed a much more serious crime, for which the video is evidence, than the one for which the evidence just flew away.
posted by Bringer Tom at 12:20 PM on June 20, 2015 [3 favorites]


He was probably trying to taze the balloons but accidentally grabbed the wrong weapon.

Edit on further thought: and up to 10 feet or so, a Taser might actually pop a balloon.
posted by Hatashran at 12:22 PM on June 20, 2015 [2 favorites]


Are we being played here?
posted by mule98J at 12:23 PM on June 20, 2015 [3 favorites]


Is this real? There's no way the officer fired his gun like that.

No... there's a way...
posted by elwoodwiles at 12:32 PM on June 20, 2015 [2 favorites]


Yeah, I saw this on a friends FB a week ago and really hope it's fake. There is simply no amount of drugs in the world that is worth the danger of bullets falling back to the ground in a residential area.
posted by scaryblackdeath at 12:36 PM on June 20, 2015


...he just committed a much more serious crime.

Cops don't commit crimes, haven't you learned this yet?
posted by Confess, Fletch at 12:38 PM on June 20, 2015 [17 favorites]


...but it says ACTUAL POLICE FOOTAGE!
posted by obfuscation at 12:38 PM on June 20, 2015 [5 favorites]


My cousin told me that If it's not actual police footage they have to tell you.
posted by cortex at 12:42 PM on June 20, 2015 [59 favorites]


The balloons were clearly black.

Why is this so hard to believe?
posted by rum-soaked space hobo at 12:44 PM on June 20, 2015 [5 favorites]


Uh -- this is definitely fake footage that someone has put "ACTUAL POLICE FOOTAGE" over (which I realize most commenters have picked up on). The source is suspect (as item mentioned) and the poor post-production gunshots are a give away.

Also, this is a few months old and whether real or not, it's unclear to me what here is worth discussing.
posted by auggy at 12:48 PM on June 20, 2015 [2 favorites]


The description of the 'source video':

Published on 4 Mar 2015

Check out these other videos I made!
Criminal Masterminds: Career shoplifter uses loophole to never get caught - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5v4r...

If I wanted to make it look real I easily could have. You think I dont know cops dont shoot wildy into the air? seriously? SERIOUSLY?

The reason you were able to realize it isnt real is because i wasnt trying to fool you.

ChrisPoool.com
https://twitter.com/ChrisPoool

posted by oneswellfoop at 12:53 PM on June 20, 2015 [6 favorites]


No, I avoid the comments entirely myself, but I frequently check the descriptions left by the original posters (which they can change later, so you often get their reaction to awful comments).
posted by oneswellfoop at 12:59 PM on June 20, 2015


This is why I always carry several helium filled balloons on my person at all times.

When balloons are outlawed, only outlaws will have balloons.
posted by blue_beetle at 1:03 PM on June 20, 2015 [2 favorites]


littering and...littering and...littering and...
posted by Earthtopus at 1:04 PM on June 20, 2015 [1 favorite]


Do we train these guys? W the actual F?
posted by Trochanter at 1:05 PM on June 20, 2015


You just have to write "Without Prejudice UCC 1-308" on the balloons first and then they can't bust you, duh.
posted by zachlipton at 1:05 PM on June 20, 2015 [3 favorites]


Hmph. Trolled. First time.
posted by Trochanter at 1:08 PM on June 20, 2015


Wait until you see the actual NSA satellite footage tracking where the balloons land.
posted by double block and bleed at 1:08 PM on June 20, 2015 [1 favorite]


A: "So whaddaya think?"
B: *coughing*
B: "It's really good stuff. What do you call it?"
A: "Falcon Heene."
posted by cortex at 1:13 PM on June 20, 2015 [1 favorite]


Toss the clowntraband.
posted by dgaicun at 1:20 PM on June 20, 2015


I thought this was an outtake from Reno 911.
posted by bendy at 1:33 PM on June 20, 2015


Hast Du etwas Zeit für mich
Dann singe ich ein Lied für Dich
Von 99 Drugballons
Auf ihrem Weg zum Horizon
posted by pyramid termite at 1:35 PM on June 20, 2015 [12 favorites]


I think he was trying to wing the balloon.
posted by clavdivs at 1:54 PM on June 20, 2015


Smoke the whole bag.
posted by Kadin2048 at 1:55 PM on June 20, 2015


Call in air support.
posted by clavdivs at 1:56 PM on June 20, 2015


I love how we go right to talking about how stupid and dangerous real cops are after watching a pretty phony looking clip... a bit over anxious to hate on the cops? :-\
posted by HuronBob at 2:11 PM on June 20, 2015


Amateurs, if they had tied the balloons onto the van before pushing them out of the window they could have made a proper getaway.
posted by Lanark at 2:15 PM on June 20, 2015 [2 favorites]


"Cops are a bit overanxious to hate on us. It's a fair trade."


Jesus said something about that "eye for an eye" concept in the Sermon on the Mount, didn't he?

And, the Dalai Lama said "We should not seek revenge on those who have committed crimes against us, or reply to their crimes with other crimes. We should reflect that by the law of karma, they are in danger of lowly and miserable lives to come, and that our duty to them, as to every being, is to help them to rise towards Nirvana, rather than let them sink to lower levels of rebirth. "

I'm not sure that the way to solve hate is with hate....
posted by HuronBob at 3:06 PM on June 20, 2015 [1 favorite]


For what it's worth, the "Best of Thug Life" compilation that showed up after the end was fairly funny. Especially the cat fight.
posted by happyroach at 3:09 PM on June 20, 2015


As we were heading back into California and madly eating Oregon cherries lest they be confiscated at the agriculture checkpoint we laughed about the ridiculousness of the situation and my dear husband said "I haven't been this anxious about an inspection since that time on I-8..."
Which apparently started one night when a cop passed him just as he was lighting up a deer-horn pipe, but who then had to get around behind him in order to pull him over, leaving time to stuff everything down through the holes in the floor of the panel truck and out onto the road and ended with "Don't you ever fucking do that on my freeway again!"

He says he still wishes he had that pipe.
posted by SLC Mom at 3:27 PM on June 20, 2015 [2 favorites]


"Jesus said something about that "eye for an eye" concept in the Sermon on the Mount, didn't he?"

Still checking the audio, but we're going with cheek turning.
posted by clavdivs at 7:49 PM on June 20, 2015 [1 favorite]


Five weeks to oblivion. Oh, Jonny....please don't go.
posted by mule98J at 8:14 AM on June 21, 2015


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