Originally posted by BlownZ
Listen you can woulda coulda shoulda all day long but the facts are the facts. If she had stopped...it wouldn't have happened.
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blown z , i know what you mean, but why do you refuse to see that there were other options that could have been taken, this thing went on for 60 MILES the police who originaly started the chase did'nt perform the pit manuver, they knew what could happen their commanding officers did'nt give that order they showed restrain and common sence, and as far as should/could a/ and all these little scenarios, that really don't mean a dam (we could do that all day) and are you aware that the girls father was a retired police officer, do you think he's just going to take a police dept. word of there was nothing else we could do, $hit please, i would have a field day in court with that police officer,
to answer your question, yes she should have stopped, but she did'nt, they had a scared 16 yr old girl in trouble and their solution was a pit manuver at 100 mph so you mean to tell me that for 60 miles the police had no plan of action ? no spike strips, no shooting out the tires, no way of forming a rolling road block?
i tell you this i'm not a lawyer yet but a case like this a good lawyer can use all of what i just said and the police dept, own pursuit policy against them, 60 miles gives you plenty of time to come up with a plan of action. who ever gave the order to apply the pit manuver will be in hot water.
This tragedy was not created by the Police department.