Why doesn't the police just shoot the tires during a police chase?
During a recent stream, xQc was watching a live police chase on TV when a news anchor suddenly name-dropped him.
xQc Gets A Live TV Answer
On February 18, a police chase unfolded in Los Angeles. The suspect allegedly had a connection to a shooting. When officers attempted to arrest him, he fled and triggered a pursuit. The case was covered live by CBS LA.
xQc was also watching the coverage live on his stream. At some point, he told his chat to ask the news anchor why the police were not simply shooting the tires of the vehicle, and well, the chat listened.
The anchor first mentioned that they were receiving many questions about why certain tactics were not being used to stop the car. At that moment, xQc smirked slightly at the camera, looking a little embarrassed, before the news anchor dropped his name:
"Actually, there is Twitch streamer watching us and streaming our feed right now. His name is xQc."
xQc was visibly surprised and could not contain his excitement. He reacted with a simple:
"What?"
The news anchor then continued addressing the question that xQc’s chat had apparently been spamming:
"One of the questions he is telling viewers to text and ask, which I've gotten a lot of this, why don't the police shoot the tires."
His co-moderator chuckled and added:
"Only in movies."
The anchor further explained that such a tactic would be impractical and dangerous for several reasons. The officers are moving, as is the suspect’s vehicle, and the risk of an unintended error would simply be too high. However, he mentioned that he had once seen police shoot at a pursued vehicle from a helicopter during his career. Still, he emphasized that this is an absolute exception.
xQc seemed pleased with the answer he received:
"Good answer. I like that. Good answer."
His happiness appeared to stem primarily from the achievement of getting a live news anchor to respond to his question on air, all thanks to his chat.
This incident shows how streaming is becoming increasingly mainstream. The sheer influence of one streamer flooding a news anchor with questions about police tactics is hilarious, but it also highlights just how much reach modern streamers truly have. Funny this time, though perhaps it’s better if it remains a one-off. If he starts sending his chat after every live broadcast he watches, things could get chaotic. Imagine an Overwatch tournament broadcast suddenly having to explain why a Winston just dove in alone.
