Being a Law Enforcement Officer can be incredibly dangerous. Many Officers die each year, often because there just isn't enough backup and they have to go into deadly situations alone.
This wasn't the case for a California Highway Patrol (CHP) Officer, though the backup wasn't from other Officers. It was from a brave group of citizen heroes willing to jump in and help an Officer in distress.
CHP Officer Antonio Pacheco stopped to assist in a single vehicle accident. Without warning, the driver attacked Pacheco and tried to take his weapon. Unfortunately, when a suspect tries to take an Officers weapon, they are willing to do just about anything and must be stopped.
In the struggle for the weapon, the handgun went off and the bullet struck Officer Pacheco in the leg. Several good samaritans passing by leapt in to help. Two men restrained the suspect while others rendered aid to the wounded Officer:
Fortunately, thanks to the quick thinking of these citizen heroes, Officer Pacheco is expected to make a full recovery. Also, the suspect was not able to get the gun away from the CHP Officer and commit any further atrocities.
Without the quick thinking of these good Samaritans, Officer Pacheco and possibly other innocents would not be alive today.
What do you think, would you have the courage to jump in and help an Officer in distress? What would you do in a situation like this? As always, let us know in the comments below.
Hell yes! We all need to show and be very helpful and appreciative of our women and men in police uniforms. We need this relationship with police again. Not this "woke" BS of defunding!
No not defund but disband completely. When citizens start to police themselves all offensives becomes a death sentence.
Charles, you are so ignorant , please shut your mouth
Hell yes! We all need to show and be very helpful and appreciative of our women and men in police uniforms. We need this relationship with police again. Not this "woke" BS of defunding!
No not defund but disband completely. When citizens start to police themselves all offensives becomes a death sentence.
Charles, you are so ignorant , please shut your mouth
Not ignorant but a total nutcase. It's hard for me to be aware that we have such stupid people in the USA as this Charles Parmenter. He probably supports getting rid of our Department of Defense.
I interpret your post as you believe like I do -- everyone should be allowed to carry so that when a dirtbag like this clown gets nasty we can take care of business and save the taxpayers a whole lot of money !!!!! Is that what you mean --- or no ????? But we certainly need law enforcement and to even think about defunding them or as you say "disband" is complete lunacy.
You are a moron! Move to Russia, China, North Korea, Cuba, Venezuela, etc. They would like a nut like you - an antifa, Black Criminal Lives Matter nutcase!
THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENT. WE ALL NEED TO HELP THESE POLICE OFFICERS, WHO ARE IN DANGER EVERY DAY. CALIF. IS FULL OF CRIMINALS, WHO HAVE ALL THE RIGHTS, LET US STAND WITH OUR BRAVE MEN AND WOMEN AT ALL TIMES.
WE DO NOT NEED WOKE CRAP , NO ONE IN THEIR RIGHT MIND SHOULD BE FOR DEFUNDING POLICE,
YOU ARE SOOO RIGHT! WOKE IS A JOKE - AND DANGEROUS TO OUR COUNTRY! MAGA! WE NEED TRUMP AGAIN! OUR COUNTRY IS GOING DOWN, DOWN, DOWN! OUR BORDER IS SCREWED TO HELL, OUR POCKETS EMPTY DUE TO INFLATION, CRIMINALS GOING RAMPANT WITH CRIMINAL PRIVILEGE ( GASCON! ) - LIKE BONGINO SAID - EVERYTHING LYIN', RAPIST, CHINA BIDEN DOES IS DESIGNED TO SCREW UP OUR COUNTRY!
Good work citizens. In this time of the Democrap crime wave supported by the past Democrap 'defund the police' movement and the Democrap mandatory vaccine requirements on all law-enforcement, the law-abiding citizens must become active participants in crime prevention. Like inflation, 'I did this' is Joe ' Let's go Brandon' Biden's vision for this once great 'Land of Opportunity'.
Good work citizens. In this time of the Democrap crime wave supported by the past Democrap 'defund the police' movement and the Democrap mandatory vaccine requirements on all law-enforcement, the law-abiding citizens must become active participants in crime prevention. Like inflation, 'I did this' is Joe ' Let's go Brandon' Biden's vision for this once great 'Land of Opportunity'.
Those who voted for Joe Biden owe me grocery and gasoline money.
No they need to be Arkan-cided !!!!!!
If I were 30 years younger, I certainly would have helped,but at 88 I couldn’t, but am proud of those who were able and acted to help the 👮♂️. God bless those brave souls.
If I were 30 years younger, I certainly would have helped,but at 88 I couldn’t, but am proud of those who were able and acted to help the 👮♂️. God bless those brave souls.
I had a similar experience when I was Young, coming home from date at midnight, I came upon a officer that had stopped a driver that turned on him and they were on the ground , I jumped upon impaired driver and helped hold him down till the officer could handcuff him, I had to go to court to testify and was happy to testify on the officer's behalf.
I had a similar experience when I was Young, coming home from date at midnight, I came upon a officer that had stopped a driver that turned on him and they were on the ground , I jumped upon impaired driver and helped hold him down till the officer could handcuff him, I had to go to court to testify and was happy to testify on the officer's behalf.
I'm so glad these people took the actions they.i hope the officer recovers completely.
I'm so glad these people took the actions they.i hope the officer recovers completely.
I might well have done in my younger yrs; these days, about all I realistcally could do is try to tend the wounded cop, for which I still have the remembered skills, & could physically do. Just too old & debilitated for the other part now.
I might well have done in my younger yrs; these days, about all I realistcally could do is try to tend the wounded cop, for which I still have the remembered skills, & could physically do. Just too old & debilitated for the other part now.
I’m a reaction before thought person and I’ve stopped traffic on a freeway when a bad accident happened, took my jacket off and tied it around a guys head that was bleeding horrifically. Paramedics said by slowing the bleeding I may have saved the guys life. When I got home I fell apart a bit but I never stop to think if I should or shouldn’t help, I just jump in a do the best I can. These guys helping the officer didn’t give a second thought regardless that this was a scary situation. There still are some great people out there in this crazy world, you can only hope if something bad happens to yourself or someone you love, a person will not pull out there cell , stand by and watch a horrible thing happen to a human being but will step up to the plate and help at a moments notice.
PEOPLE THESE DAYS ARE TO BUSY USING THEIR CELL PHONES INSTEAD OF HELPING SOMEONE IN NEED. IT IS VERY SAD WHAT IS HAPPENING TO OUR SOCIETY. EVERYONE JUST WATCHING WHILE ANOTHER CITIZEN IS GETTING BEATEN OR KILLED. WHERE ARE THE AMERICAN MEN???
I’m a reaction before thought person and I’ve stopped traffic on a freeway when a bad accident happened, took my jacket off and tied it around a guys head that was bleeding horrifically. Paramedics said by slowing the bleeding I may have saved the guys life. When I got home I fell apart a bit but I never stop to think if I should or shouldn’t help, I just jump in a do the best I can. These guys helping the officer didn’t give a second thought regardless that this was a scary situation. There still are some great people out there in this crazy world, you can only hope if something bad happens to yourself or someone you love, a person will not pull out there cell , stand by and watch a horrible thing happen to a human being but will step up to the plate and help at a moments notice.
As a trained combat soldier I will always help anyone in need that are being accosted by criminals, especially the police officers who are there to promote peace not violence. Police don't attack citizens they react to being attacked. Those who condone violence are criminally minded and are never to be trusted. I salute those citizens who bravely subdued this menace to society. Unfortunately he will probably be released by the corrupt authorities in California. It used to be the envy of the world and now it's just a place of violence and danger. Needles all over the place and refuse on the sidewalks. I lived there once before it lost it's way.
IS THIS SHOOTER ALREADY ON THE STREETS AGAIN, RELEASED BY GASCON? CRAZY IDIOTS IN KALIFORNIA - GLAD I DON'T LIVE THERE! IS GASCON GOING TO REWARD THE SHOOTER WITH A COMMENDATION MEDAL?