I am not an always a defender of cops caught on camera. But my first thought after seeing this was that the driver should face attempted murder charges for almost hitting the spike-strip officer. My second thought was, after pursuing someone at high speeds, watching him almost take out other motorists and a fellow officer, the adrenalin has to be so freakin’ high that it’s a wonder they stopped when they did. Never been in that situation obviously, but I would think that you almost would not even be aware of what you were doing in those first few seconds after the stop.
You have no idea the amount of energy it requires to focus so you are control and respond as a professional. The cops “reacted” in this instance. After a 20 minute chase and seeing a brother officer nearly flattened, not to mention any number of ridiculous actions this moron took.
I don’t blame the cops and they should put an asterisk next to this guys booking report to identify him as one who is dumber than a box of rocks.