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In article <33E59550.4B9@tgcccn.campus.mci.net>, mjay45.tgcccn@tgcccn.campus.mci.net wrote:
>Bruce James Robert Linley wrote:
>> 
>> In ye olden post Anonymous (afraid to say his name) spake...
>> >
>> >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.
>
>So we teach the criminals that if they don't feel like stopping they
>should aim their vehicle at the nearest schoolyard or crowded walkway? I
>have a better solution; throw them in jail for a very long, long time
>and send the message that if you flee from the police you will be a
>little old man before you see daylight again. 
>
>MJay 45
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This is amazing . To a visitor to your fair city I cannot beleive a man can 
come rob a bank kill someone rape a woman, jump in his car run thru traffic at 
a high rate of speed crash his car into someone and you all blame the police.  
This is amazing. How about something really dumb like blaming the criminal.

Paul
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