Police Chases.
High speed police chases kill hundreds of people—including law enforcement officials, alleged criminals and innocent civilians—each year in the United States. The wrongful deaths and personal injuries caused by a police chase makes them one of top causes of car accidents
Pursuits by law enforcement on the road are even more dangerous than commonly thought. More people in the United States are killed by high speed pursuits than they are by police firearms, and yet, these wrongful deaths from car accidents will likely continue year after year. That is why we must convince police departments to modify their pursuit policies to only chase offenders when the following occurs:
•It is safe to follow and pursue a suspect.
•Only chase a fleeing driver when forcible felonies are involved.
In a minor case, such as a shoplifting incident, it makes little or no sense for the police to pursue such a suspect at high speeds in a metropolitan area where it is likely to hurt innocent bystanders. When the police chase a suspect for a non-violent act or a minor offense and someone is killed, then, we as a society must ask ourselves if the good outweighs the bad.
http://seriousaccidents.com/legal-advice/top-causes-of-car-accidents/police-car-chases/
I never said I was for all these wild police chases. I think 95% of them could easily be avoided and cops should be held accountable if not.
That said, when a kid goes screaming off in a truck and trailer and is causing lethal danger to others the cops have my blessing to stop the idiot by any means necessary to avoid harm to others and themselves, and I couldn’t give a rats ass about the bad guy. Kill him if that’s what it takes. He lost his right to live by endangering the lives of others.
I had a guy try to ram me on my motorcycle on the freeway, an Occupy dweeb looking to cause problems. He got a bullet just past his nose and was lucky how things turned out that he was still breathing. I don’t care for these temper tantrum jackasses that are supposed to know better. Their endangering my life doesn’t mean I am supposed to become understanding and loving and ask them why they are acting out. My job is to save my life even if that means ending theirs.