There is a great controversy in Ukraine on the following issue.
Late in the evening the police (the new police which is being introduced here and is considered to be the only successful reform of the current Ukrainian government) noticed four youths about and under 20 getting into a car with uncorked bottles of alcohol (not sure what kind of it). The police asked them to stop but they jumped into the car and tried to escape.
Since their car was more powerful (some BMW) they were always ahead of the chase driving at the speed of 185-190 kmph. They crossed into the oncoming line several times and dodged other police cars which joined the chase that lasted for quite a time. All this while the police were ordering them to stop but they didn't obey. Finally, seeing that the driver was inadequate and could easily harm pedestrians the police decided to open fire. First shots were into the air, then came those on target. As the speed was high the shots were wild and didn't stop them. Suddenly the car, which was quite a longish way ahead, stopped. The police cars surrounded it and the poilicemen approached and demanded to surrender. The car started moving again, at first backwards running over a policemen then forward so that the policeman in front of the car opened fire and hardly jumped aside out of its way.
The bullets went through the windshield and three of them hit the passenger on the front seat killing him on the spot. As it turned out later, it was a 17 year old youth who had joined his friends for a ride. The tests showed that the driver was both drunk and high. The policeman submitted his camera footage and was arrested the next day. The driver enjoyed his freedom for three weeks and only then was arrested.
All this while people were debating who was to blame in the youth's death. Some think that the police was right and even held some meetings voicing their support (an unheard of thing for Ukraine - a concourse of people supporting police, not denouncing them). Others say that the victim was innocent and what police did was a murder.
I would like to know what people here think of it all.
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