I won’t ever suggest that the first mover here was the guy who fled (or got himself outstanding warrants, etc). The original sin is his, period.

Yes. No pursuit, no dead family. Police escalation is the problem. 

This one’s really easy: just because you did a dumbass thing doesn’t mean you deserve to die.

That, and a cop’s car at 100 MPH is at least as much danger as a perp’s car at 100 MPH.

So if the cops hit his car with an RPG and let him burn to death whilst screaming that makes it okay because the driver ran from a traffic stop?

Okay even if this guys a POS and its totally his fault, why would you escalate the situation and maybe harm some one innocent. Lets assume the guy who ran deserved to die 100% what if that box truck was a mom with some young kids, people crossing the road?? Seems dumb. 

If I interpret your comment with a reasonable take on your words, I could surmise, after reading the perps resume, that you think he got what he deserved and death was the appropriate result.

I seriously doubt it. The one thing overlooked in all this is the DANGER TO INNOCENT BYSTANDERS. The cops have his license plate number (even expired can still be looked up), description, let him go and pick him up later, tack on the extra charges and send him back to jail.

Chief doesn’t have a point. Great, they’re wanted. They can’t outrun radios. 

Don’t let your facts get in the way of these dummies’ feelings and copaganda.

What’s the over/under on the number of times that exact gun has been “found” on someone the cops killed? I say 5.

Once again, the gestapo endangers lives for the thrill of the chase.

I think the worst ones last year are the ones from Arkansas that PIT anyone and everyone and dgaf if other cars are on the same road.

End qualified immunity so if officer doofy screws up, it comes out of his pension.
1312.

When Dallas was considering limiting high-speed chases, the data showed that nearly all of the drivers who ran weren’t wanted for anything or, if they had a warrant, it was for minor misdemeanor offenses, suspended licenses, or unpaid tickets. Dallas ultimately decided to limit high-speed chases to certain…

To be fair, the cops don’t think it’s a bad idea. They love it for all the opportunities it creates to do the things they joined the police force to have permission to do, consequence-free!

“Everybody on earth knows that engaging in a high-speed police pursuit, of the cops-and-robbers variety you see in the movies, is a bad idea.”

if you dont chase there isnt a chase. 

The idea is not to reach those speeds in the first place, but yeah, nobody is gonna stand on the brakes if the cops stand down. Not right there and then, and to suggest they would is a strawman. They are gonna fly off until the cops are out of their mirrors and then gradually slow down. People generally don’t like…

“minivan full of nuns”

And the truck driver, and the firefighters? The PD going to foot the bill for their PTSD? When a chase hits those speeds, the chase ought to be discontinued in the name public safety.

That last quote: “If he had stopped, he’d be with us today.”