I recently rewatched the movie Fargo. For those who haven't seen it at the end of the movie one of the villains has killed his partner in crime and is disposing of the body using a wood chipper. The film's protagonist is Marge Gunderson, Chief of Police in a small Minnesota town. She comes upon him running the guy's body through the wood chipper and when he sees her he tries to run across a frozen lake. She shoots him in the leg and takes him into custody and is met on the highway awhile later by other officers.
I know movies are of course fictional and for the purposes of entertainment, but I have always been curious if the final scene would have played out even close to how it did in the movie in the real world.
So a few things:
1. When Marge sees a tan Oldsmobile Ciera (vehicle she was looking for and believed to be driven by suspected multiple murderers who have already killed a police officer) way out in a remote camp site, she radios it in and then approaches by herself. Would that ever happen in real life? She knew there were probably two (at least two) murderers she was dealing with possibly at the location.
2. When the guy stuffing his partner through the wood chipper runs, she shoots him from behind in the leg. Would that be allowed in most departments? I don't know the laws/regulations on shooting someone who is fleeing.
3. Marge's character is pregnant (pretty well along) during the movie. Would a pregnant officer, even after shooting someone in the leg, risk getting close enough to him to handcuff him and bring him in? I can just see a lot of ways that would go wrong, the character she arrested was a pretty big guy and obviously dangerous.
Thanks for any answers!
I know movies are of course fictional and for the purposes of entertainment, but I have always been curious if the final scene would have played out even close to how it did in the movie in the real world.
So a few things:
1. When Marge sees a tan Oldsmobile Ciera (vehicle she was looking for and believed to be driven by suspected multiple murderers who have already killed a police officer) way out in a remote camp site, she radios it in and then approaches by herself. Would that ever happen in real life? She knew there were probably two (at least two) murderers she was dealing with possibly at the location.
2. When the guy stuffing his partner through the wood chipper runs, she shoots him from behind in the leg. Would that be allowed in most departments? I don't know the laws/regulations on shooting someone who is fleeing.
3. Marge's character is pregnant (pretty well along) during the movie. Would a pregnant officer, even after shooting someone in the leg, risk getting close enough to him to handcuff him and bring him in? I can just see a lot of ways that would go wrong, the character she arrested was a pretty big guy and obviously dangerous.
Thanks for any answers!
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