[FreeReign]

I’ll take the other side on this one for now. So what if he did? Why did the cops chase him? Because he ran when they looked at him? Is that reason enough? I say no.

The ACLU says that you are wrong...

"What should I do if a police officer stops me while I’m walking down the street or driving in my car?"

"Whatever you do, keep your cool—don’t run away and don’t insult the officer. If you ignore the officer’s request to stop or if you become combative with the officer, you can be arrested."

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[monkeyshine]

Did they detain him? Did they ask him to stop before he ran?

This story says they made eye contact and he ran, implying that he ran before any order was directed at him. It does not say they recognized him as a known felon or a known wanted man and wanted to do a parole check or had any reasonable suspicion to stop him. What reason, other than him running, did they have to chase him?