According to the Associated Press report on the 11th, a police-involved shooting occurred in Maine, the United States, and the culprit who triggered the incident was a man who had been arrested by the police at the time. According to the police, the man's name is Gary Porter, who was wanted for serious theft. After being arrested by local police, Porter broke free from handcuffs while being escorted to the police car, jumped into the driver's seat when the guarding police officer was not paying attention, and drove the police car away from the scene. The police chased him and stopped him in a rural area in Maine.

However, the arrest process did not end there. The Associated Press reported that Porter, still in handcuffs, ignored the police's orders and got into a police car to try to flee the scene. Eleven police officers at the scene opened fire when Porter seized the police car for the second time, one of which hit Porter, and the police car he was driving also hit an obstacle and stopped not far away. Brian McMaster, who served as a long-time investigator in the state's Attorney General's Office, said this was the state's largest number of shootings in a single incident in recent years. Law enforcement agencies have not released key details of the case, including whether Porter was armed and the extent of his injuries. Porter has been discharged from the hospital after receiving treatment. He was charged with multiple crimes and was scheduled to appear in court on Wednesday, but his defense said that his physical and mental state were not suitable for trial. Currently, Porter has been required to undergo a mental examination and return to court on May 15 for trial.

The frequent shootings by American police during law enforcement have always been controversial. According to statistics from the Washington Post's police shooting database, as of May this year , a total of 375 people have been killed in police shootings in the United States. The database shows that on average, more than 1,000 people are shot and killed by American police each year. Among them, more than half of those shot and killed by police are between the ages of 20 and 40, and the proportion of males exceeds 95%. At the same time, poor public security and public opinion environment also pose severe challenges to the operation of US law enforcement agencies. Last year, the US Department of Justice issued a report specifically on the problem of staff shortages in US law enforcement agencies, which quoted the statement of US Attorney General Merrick Garland: "Law enforcement officers across the country are facing unprecedented challenges in an already stretched situation."

Through the analysis of this incident, guns are rampant in the United States. If the police are not given great discretion, the number of casualties of American police will inevitably increase greatly, which will also lead to a serious shortage of personnel in the police industry and social security will become more chaotic . American laws give American police a lot of power, especially after Bin Laden crashed into the Pentagon. In order to avoid such things from happening, the United States promulgated the "Patriot Act", and the rights of American police were further expanded. American labor unions are relatively powerful, and American police unions are even more powerful and have a relatively tight organizational structure. They can prevent American police groups from voting to influence the election of congressmen and even the president, so government forces will also turn a blind eye to related behaviors . Once American police have problems, they are all investigated internally by the public security department , and the results will be in their favor. Even if the case ultimately needs to be tried by the court, the court will turn a blind eye to the criminal behavior of American police, because the court, prosecutors and American police are allies of interests.