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No doubt that the 18yo lost control, nor uncommon. What I’m saying is that the claim of deliberately risking himself for the girl sounds fishy. If he had that kind of time to think, then it would not have ended the way it did. It sounds like he MAY be trying to deflect criticism of his mistakes. Not uncommon for police.
What is also not uncommon is cops ignoring basic driving safety. Did you hear about the FL Trooper who stopped a Miami cop doing 120 going to an off duty job? Did you hear about the cops criticizing HER for stopping his nascar race? Or her stating that they do it every day.

There is also the nature of his injuries, suggesting a high rate of speed. Of course what the road was, and what the appropriate speed was isn’t known to us. But it reads like a confined street, where the speed limit would be low. In which case, it would be far less likely to result in those injuries.

As for the double standard. Has it occurred to you that cops have caused that attitude with their double standard in favor for themselves? It is very hard to ever get a cop truly punished for wrong doing. Or for cops to care about the wrongdoing of other cops. Cops defended Officer Harless, and I’ve seen them celebrate him able to get his job back.
Cops kill people, sometimes under very ridiculous circumstances, and all they have to say is “I was afraid.” No effort is made to determine if the fear was justified or reasonable.
Sorry if you don’t like my opinion of cops, but they’ve earned it hands down.

You must have missed my tagline. I, too, am unhappy with our militarized police forces and the thin blue line mentality and unionized corruption.

But... acting like them (one standard for me and another for thee) won’t fix the problem.

If we are to take back control from law enforcement we have to treat them fairly and re-socialize them back to a constitutional civil society.

We should start by doing away with police unions and collective bargaining rights for public employees.