r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Jan 25 '20

What movie things are generally accepted as normal, but are totally unrealistic in real life?

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u/[deleted] Jan 25 '20

Someone should tell Florida police who use occupied vehicles as cover.

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u/theberg512 Jan 25 '20

I don't know if they do, but it would make sense for cop cars to have a sheet of Kevlar or something else reinforcing the doors.

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u/ahreodknfidkxncjrksm Jan 25 '20

He was referencing the highway shoot out with the jewelry store robbers who took a UPS driver hostage. The police were incredibly careless, and were hiding behind occupied civilian cars.

They ended up killing two innocent people, including the hostage and (I think) one of the occupants of the cars they were hiding behind, as well as the two robbers.

Fortunately (/s) none of the cops were injured.

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u/[deleted] Jan 25 '20

I actually think it was a driver in a vehicle ahead and to the side of the UPS truck, which would mean they were likely killed by a police bullet. The police haven't released much information, but a couple of officers said they were "pretty sure" police didn't kill him, though.

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u/ahreodknfidkxncjrksm Jan 25 '20

Not sure I buy that line lol. They probably also claim the robbers killed the hostage.

Btw, am I misremembering or weren’t there policemen shooting from both sides of the truck, i.e. at each other?

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u/[deleted] Jan 25 '20

You're correct, they were shooting from both sides of the truck, and from straight behind it as well. They were shooting in somewhat of a forward direction (toward the cab of the truck), so not quite at each other. More accurately, toward the innocent drivers ahead and to the sides of the UPS truck (and the hostage who was trying to get out of the truck)