• mihnt@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    as fast as 107 miles per hour on the chase, more than twice the posted speed limit on 10 Mile Road.

    The speed limit on 10 mile in Warren is 40-45 mp/h. Make of that what you will.

    “Did you see anywhere in that video where someone’s life was in danger?” he asked. “Obviously, that was the case because this man is dead,” replied Jones. “Did you see anyone that he possibly was going to hit?” Dwyer asked. “I didn’t see anything.”, “He ran into a truck,” Jones said, referring to Kelley.

    lmao.

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    The greatest irony of these high speed chases is they’re consistently the second highest cause of on the job deaths for police officers, every year.

    They’re often dangerous to the public at large, the ones being chased, and the cops themselves. And yet LEOs bellyache about ‘no-chase’ policies until they get watered down.

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    It’s just infuriating how they refuse to admit wrongdoing in such obvious examples of it as this. That kid died because he had expired tags on his license plate and he was afraid of being arrested for an expired license.

    That’s it. That’s nothing. That’s negligent manslaughter and reckless driving at best on the part of the cop.

    • Doug Holland@lemmy.worldOP
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      11 months ago

      The are cases where pursuit is warranted, but cops are so stupid and lacking in human decency and common sense they can’t be trusted even with an obvious ‘judgment call’ like in this case. Dude won’t pull over for expired tabs, they’ll chase him to death and hoist a few beers afterward telling themselves they’re heroic.

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          Probably in situations where the dude is just driving around with a gun and shooting people (as rare as that is). Probably want to stop the guy instead of giving him a ticket later after hes done killing lol.