They Got Some Badass Cops in SK
2012-09-06 09:09 pm![[identity profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png){kind=small}
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omonatheydidKim Hyun-chul (34), the Busan police officer who gained the nickname "Die Hard cop" for hanging on to the roof of a drug dealer's car as it escaped, has been featured on CNN. The U.S. cable news broadcaster featured Kim in a segment on CNN News Stream on Tuesday, including footage of his daring arrest and interview.
At around 9:30 p.m. on Aug. 26, Kim stopped a car in the southern port city after it made an illegal U-turn. As the car started to speed away, Kim jumped on the car's hood and clung on for 25 minutes as the vehicle careened through the streets of the city for 15 km.
He jumped off the car when the driver abandoned it and ran away at an intersection. Kim chased him for about 200 m before finally arresting the perpetrator, who turned out to be on a wanted list for drug-related crimes.
Kim's daring arrest was captured on a camera mounted on a taxi cab and ended up on YouTube on Aug. 27 under the English title "Korean police Spiderman arrested drug offender."
The video received 700,000 views as of Tuesday. Kim used to be a member of the police SWAT team and holds a black belt in taekwondo and other martial arts. He was promoted to the rank of sergeant on Aug. 31.
Sources: cnn & chosun ilbo
damn. what a badass.
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Date: 2012-09-07 03:11 am (UTC)(still, holy shit man, you def. earned it x_x!)
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Date: 2012-09-07 06:41 am (UTC)but omg did u see how fast he was getting off the car and stuff o.o
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Date: 2012-09-07 03:24 am (UTC)but he should never do it again
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Date: 2012-09-07 06:36 am (UTC)Gyongsang-do people are hardcore xD
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Date: 2012-09-07 04:55 am (UTC)I'm sure this guy had a change of heart driving down the road [while crying and biting his index finger] and was in fact turning around to declare his love to the girl he's love for the last 12 episodes, but has been too selfish and immature to recognize!
Oh yeah, and he's prolly the son of a chaebol and only took the blame for the shady business his dad had been dealing with... poor soul..
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Date: 2012-09-07 09:37 am (UTC)And this cop probably knows the girl, and wants to stop his long lost kindergarten friend whom he's just recently met again a.k.a the driver from confessing his love because she secretly agreed to be the scapegoat for his father out of love but its okay now because his arrest saved her from doing that.
Don't worry the cop probably arranged a short meeting before the hearing for him to declare his undying love to her, so its all good.
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Date: 2012-09-07 05:52 pm (UTC)lmfao
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Date: 2012-09-07 09:00 am (UTC)Imagine being the poor unfortunate soul that dates his daughter
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Date: 2012-09-08 11:17 pm (UTC)But I feel like Mythbusters has totally lied to me now. Because they totally busted the trope of people being able to hang onto speeding cars.
Now it's actually reality.