In Gaithersburg a cop chased a person that resulted in a crash that killed a pedestrian. The only thing the cop knew was a headlight was burned out. At that point it made no difference if the person turned out to be an ax murderer - violated the rules about high speed chases and now some party that had nothing to do with the event is dead.
Last year on the Capitol Beltway, cop chases a motorcycle. Speeding is the only known violation but the cop thought he could split lanes in his car and rammed a few cars killing at least one. Again, chase procedures violated.
In Northern VA, cops shoot and kill an accountant because he had people over for gambling. Not like this guy was the mob, he was playing cards!
And then there was just some recent lovers flap; the cop settled the argument with a bullet.
There is more, look it up.
You, or your parent, or friend might be one of the good cops, but when I am out with The Man, it makes me sick to listen to the stories. Hard to feel that way because I have very old and close friends that are cops, but I would be a hypocrite for altering my feelings just because I do not want to put friends in that group.
So your citing examples of people running from the police and as a result a citizen is killed. And that's the Cops fault? I hope your joking with that comment.
And the person violating the law by engaging Police in pursuit had nothing to do with the citizen being killed right? The Cops don't kill people when they attempt to enforce the law. The criminals do when they violate the law. So according to you when someone fails to stop for the police the Cops should just let everyone go? How long do you think it would be before any criminal would stop for the police if that was the case?
I don't see you citing any examples of Cops who have lost their lives pursuing criminals after failing to obey the law and stop their car when being pulled over. Right, it's only the citizens lives that count.
This is not Star Trek, we don't have laser guns that can stop people from miles away. Cops have to actually pursue criminals to catch them when they refuse to stop lawfully. The criminal who refused to stop was the reason the citizen was killed. Not the Police.
It's funny how people fail to mention all the murders, rapists, serial killers, etc... that have been arrested and taken off the street after a vehicle pursuit from a headlight that was burned out
. Do you think murders, rapists, serial killers display banners on their cars when driving down the road to help the police identify them?
How many kilos of Herion or Cocaine do you think are transported via Motorcycles from Baltimore City to Washington DC? More then you could count. It's one of the most effective ways of the transportation of narcotics that exists but that's ok right? Oh yea, I forgot, the chase procedures.
Narcotics make up 70% of all violent crimes. Again, do you think the drug curriers display banners that they are transporting illegal narcotics? When your kid gets hooked on Herion and dies from an overdose im sure you will be ranting about police chase procedures.
I know alot of cops and when i tell them that they just laugh.
