🚀 go-pugleaf

In ye olden post Anonymous (afraid to say his name) spake...
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>It appears that Linley would rather send a message to allow criminals
>to run amok with no fear of being chased by the cops. This is insane.
>In the case of illegal immigrant chases BajaRat is all for the bazooka
>method of taking the creeps out before they do anything like the
>recent Temecula horror story.... regardless of what happens to the
>occupants of the chased vehicle who are criminals in the first place.

Scenario:

Bad guy steals car. Cops chase bad guy. Bad guy accelerates to 100 mph
through neighborhood streets to escape. Cops do the same. Bad guy plows
into pedestrians or broadsides and KILLS some innocent driver on the road.

The Moral according to Mr. Anonymous's post:

The need to recover a stolen car and prosecute robbers and not send a
bad message to the criminals is more important than protecting lives.

"This is insane and quite reprehensible." I agree.

Great logic here. Maybe I'm totally upside down on the matter. No one's
saying cops should never pursue suspects. But when it gets too dangerous
for the surrounding civillians and grossly endangers their lives, particu-
larly when the suspect is being chased for non-violent, non-homicide
offenses, then yes, there is a point at which the chase becomes too
risky and too expensive to pursue. Maybe that means the bad guy gets
away sometimes. Catching the bad guy at any cost, though, is a seriously
flawed philosophy. Tell me why you think this is wrong? If anyone has a
better solution, I would be delighted to hear it. Until then, my original
opinion stands- high speed chases should end when they endanger the public.
It's as simple as that.

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