Amazing Thailand! Angry cop shoots at truck in road rage incident - but no one is charged

[rooster59]

Amazing Thailand! Angry cop shoots at truck in road rage incident - but no one is charged

 

Image: Thai Rath

 

A cop in Hat Yai in Thailand's south fired at a ten wheel truck that cut in front of his vehicle.

Then he chased the terrified driver for ten kilometers, reported Thai Rath.

The truck driver Suchart Kaewklom, 41, only realized it was a policemen when he stopped to report the matter at a police outpost.

His side man had already had enough - Damrongrak Yenjai, 58, was so scared that he fled into the forest rather than stick around.

But despite shots being fired the matter was sorted out amicably without any charges being made.

Suchart apologized for his poor driving while the cop said sorry for losing his temper and shooting at him.

The cop was not named but is based somewhere in the three troubled provinces bordering Malaysia.

Our picture shows Suchart pointing at his truck.

 

Source: Thai Rath

 

 

 

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[colinneil]

No one was charged !the cop should have been charged with unlawful use of a firearm.

[ezzra]

55 minutes ago, rooster59 said:

while the cop said sorry for losing his temper and shooting at him.

 

And that should make it alrright? errr.... sorry for shooting you

mate, just as well I missed and didn't kill someone.....

Edited April 29, 2017 by ezzra

[smedly]

37 minutes ago, colinneil said:

No one was charged !the cop should have been charged with unlawful use of a firearm.

how about attempted murder

 

Unfortunately this now sends a message that it is ok to use a firearm to settle bad driving issues 

[Mickmouse1]

I wonder if the police are held accountable for any missing bullets or weapons assigned to them? If not then they can easily be selling them encouraging more crimes?

[johng]

They have to buy their own gun and ammo !

[Anthony Loh]

A angry cop? How can he just so easy to get angry and shoots at the driver like this? What happen if other people get shoot? No one is been charged?This is a amazing Thailand again.

[Happy Grumpy]

Such an angry, angry people. 

[Bannoi]

4 hours ago, ezzra said:

 

And that should make it alrright? errr.... sorry for shooting you

mate, just as well I missed and didn't kill someone.....

It better be alright or the cop might just decide to lose his temper again.

[klauskunkel]

5 hours ago, rooster59 said:

Our picture shows Suchart pointing at his truck.

thanks for clarifying that

[Borzandy]

6 hours ago, rooster59 said:

cop shoots at truck

I also hate trucks, but I don't have gun.

[humqdpf]

9 hours ago, ezzra said:

 

And that should make it alrright? errr.... sorry for shooting you

mate, just as well I missed and didn't kill someone.....

The last time the discharge of a firearm on a road from a vehicle at another vehicle was discussed on this forum, the charge was only punishable by a fine of a few hundred baht and they let the perpetrator keep the firearm, assuming that he has the appropriate license. So even if he had been charged, he would still have got away with it.

[oldlakey]

Far less fuss if he had gone for the usual kicking of bags of rubbish

[TheFishman1]

Amazing he wasn't charged with fireing a gun TIT

[elgordo38]

3 hours ago, johng said:

They have to buy their own gun and ammo !

Well if that's the case its theirs to do with as they wish I guess. This cop is obviously shell shocked being stationed in the troublesome south close to the border. If I was a cop there the gun would be something I would not go to bed without. 

[hotchilli]

4 hours ago, Mickmouse1 said:

I wonder if the police are held accountable for any missing bullets or weapons assigned to them? If not then they can easily be selling them encouraging more crimes?

Not usually held accountable for anything they do.

Worst they'll get is a transfer to an inactive post.

[sawadee1947]

8 hours ago, colinneil said:

No one was charged !the cop should have been charged with unlawful use of a firearm.

For what? Nobody was injured.....Mai pen rai

[natway09]

Learn to drive !!!!

[exalll]

4 hours ago, johng said:

They have to buy their own gun and ammo !

Why? I thought just recently there had been a massive purchase of guns for cops. So what happened to them?

[Rhys]

...find and send this cop to England for a certain administration of justice.

[marquis22]

9 hours ago, klauskunkel said:

thanks for clarifying that

Agree, I was wondering which truck he was driving also.

But can you count the bullet holes in it?

[Chama1]

Surprised you don't know that cops are above the law! I am also surprised that more cops have not been shooting at other drivers since poor driving is not all that unusual and cops have little incentive to use restraint when expressing their discontent with their firearms.

[sawadeeken]

16 hours ago, colinneil said:

No one was charged !the cop should have been charged with unlawful use of a firearm.

Don't forget where you are.................. TIT  (This Is Thailand)

[sawadeeken]

10 hours ago, Borzandy said:

I also hate trucks, but I don't have gun.

I recommend that you re-think that........... We have had a response for that in the USA (For very many years now.)

IF YOU HAVE 'IT'......... A truck has brought 'IT'....... ALL or PART of the way to you............ 

[Johnnyngai]

Happens in all third world countries.

[sandemara]

1. This so-called policeman is supposedly on duty in Thailand's deeply-troubled southerm provinces.  You'd think the potential for social disaster in the region would mean authorities only assign officers with high-level  training and a well-developed sense of discipline and self-control. But no, cowboys still take opportunities to strike the tinder box with the flimsiest of unprofessional excuses.

2. While it is fortunate Officer Bozo is so poorly trained he can't even hit a target as big as this truck despite a crazed pursuit over 10km, his ratbag behaviour could have easily resulted in the death or injury to innocent bystanders - just the sort of incident to help push an unhappy regional population deeper into outrage.

3, His ineptitude should have been rewarded at least with criminal charges as well as revocation of any licence to carry or use arms . Has no-one in authority any regard for the obligations and duties of professional representatives of security force to the citizenry they're supposed to protect?

Officer Bozo has spat in the collective face of his colleagues and disregarded the alleged aims and policies of his leaders. But a handshake sweeps such considerations under the carpet. I wonder how locals feel about their personal security now?