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Arkansas trooper retires after performing PIT maneuver on wrong car (thehill.com)
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[–] 7bicycles@hexbear.net 23 points 1 year ago (3 children)

a precision immobilization technique

not that precise was it

[–] SturgiesYrFase@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 year ago

not that precise was it

More precise than "precision bombing," which, only recently, started to mean "more precise than carpet bombing."

[–] CountVon@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Well, it precisely immobilized a car, and one law enforcement career.

[–] zwerdlds@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Well, it was precise, in that he did it to one car. Unfortunately, it wasn't accurate, in that the target was completely wrong.

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