I still feel the need to speak up against police brutality. Cops are not authorized to be handing out or dealing out punishment. Just arrest the car thief, jail them, arraign them in front of a judge, present the evidence and let the process do it's job. No need to be violent. It won't prevent other morons from doing this in the future, it probably won't even prevent this car thief from committing another high speed escape. If the cops actually didn't want the moron to run, they wouldn't chase him. No cop chasing you, you pretty much have no reason to speed. After all, the thing is insured. Use the radio, call ahead, and just like this example, the spike strip does the job. But I do know why you feel that way. I'm simply 100 percent against cops being hostile. They need to perform their job professionally
You ask a fair question. My personal feeling as to why I think this, is because of the intense pressure to catch a crazed thief before they kill someone or many. With the perpetrator running like this guy is, and who knows, maybe on meth? The officers are committed to stopping them. So when they finally catch the jurk, the emotions and frustrations just come out and the cop goes off. Should the officers do that. No. Your right Jesse, they should just make the arrest and due process to follow. Also, you right about STOP the chase and call ahead. But I think this method is tentative at best in only the most ideal situations. Honestly, it's a hard call in most cases. Truly, discretion is paramount.
Too bad you don't want to take over the blog. I did the first dozen or so years, how about you take a turn for a dozen years? If you can't find a replacement, I'll take it back in dozen from now, say, 2032!
The officer does a good job driving at high speed, but they put a lot of innocent people at risk. At some point, I think chases should be called off, so they don't cause a crash and kill someone.
Agreed. A lot of people on those roads were at risk of being hit by one vehicle the cop was driving at over 100 mph, and the other that he was motivating to exceed his speed and escape. Not good. I'm not sure, and cerrtainly not accurate, in recalling what states changed their rule for police pursuits, but it might be several, and in the past 20 years, as enough people have died in car chases... and seriously, no reason to die or kill anyone, shit is insured. If a kid has been kidnapped, I see we could certainly decided to chase and not lose sight of, but sooner or later, get a damn helicopter or plane in the air, and lets drop the 100 mph chasing through traffic. People pull out in regular city streets too damn often and get hit.... now imagine a 100 mph chase, meaning 2 vehicles, blowing through town. I recall recently a Hellcat was doing 200 mph on the interstate and the helicopter could not keep up.
And now we know why when the perp is apprehended the arresting officer(s) beat the living snot out of these A HOLES!
ReplyDeleteI still feel the need to speak up against police brutality. Cops are not authorized to be handing out or dealing out punishment. Just arrest the car thief, jail them, arraign them in front of a judge, present the evidence and let the process do it's job. No need to be violent. It won't prevent other morons from doing this in the future, it probably won't even prevent this car thief from committing another high speed escape.
DeleteIf the cops actually didn't want the moron to run, they wouldn't chase him.
No cop chasing you, you pretty much have no reason to speed. After all, the thing is insured. Use the radio, call ahead, and just like this example, the spike strip does the job.
But I do know why you feel that way. I'm simply 100 percent against cops being hostile. They need to perform their job professionally
The voice of reason and sound principles....
DeleteYou ask a fair question. My personal feeling as to why I think this, is because of the intense pressure to catch a crazed thief before they kill someone or many. With the perpetrator running like this guy is, and who knows, maybe on meth? The officers are committed to stopping them. So when they finally catch the jurk, the emotions and frustrations just come out and the cop goes off. Should the officers do that. No. Your right Jesse, they should just make the arrest and due process to follow. Also, you right about STOP the chase and call ahead. But I think this method is tentative at best in only the most ideal situations. Honestly, it's a hard call in most cases. Truly, discretion is paramount.
ReplyDeletethank you, that's why I get along so darn well with you. You communicate, logically, rationally, and far better than I do.
DeleteToo bad you don't want to take over the blog. I did the first dozen or so years, how about you take a turn for a dozen years? If you can't find a replacement, I'll take it back in dozen from now, say, 2032!
DeleteThe officer does a good job driving at high speed, but they put a lot of innocent people at risk. At some point, I think chases should be called off, so they don't cause a crash and kill someone.
ReplyDeleteAgreed. A lot of people on those roads were at risk of being hit by one vehicle the cop was driving at over 100 mph, and the other that he was motivating to exceed his speed and escape. Not good.
DeleteI'm not sure, and cerrtainly not accurate, in recalling what states changed their rule for police pursuits, but it might be several, and in the past 20 years, as enough people have died in car chases... and seriously, no reason to die or kill anyone, shit is insured.
If a kid has been kidnapped, I see we could certainly decided to chase and not lose sight of, but sooner or later, get a damn helicopter or plane in the air, and lets drop the 100 mph chasing through traffic. People pull out in regular city streets too damn often and get hit.... now imagine a 100 mph chase, meaning 2 vehicles, blowing through town.
I recall recently a Hellcat was doing 200 mph on the interstate and the helicopter could not keep up.