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Washington police say drivers aren't stopping for them
katu ^ | 05/31/2022

Posted on 05/31/2022 5:57:39 AM PDT by devane617

The Washington State Patrol says drivers are increasingly refusing to stop for troopers - and other law enforcement agencies also say this is becoming a common occurrence.

The Northwest News Network reports that from January 1 to May 17 of this year, the agency logged 934 failure-to-yield incidents. While the patrol didn’t track this in the past, veteran troopers say there’s been a dramatic uptick in drivers fleeing traffic stops.

“Something’s changed. People are not stopping right now,” said Sgt. Darren Wright, a WSP spokesperson with 31 years on the job. “It’s happening three to five times a shift on some nights and then a couple times a week on day shift.”

Local police departments are also seeing this behavior. The Puyallup Police Department logged 148 instances of drivers fleeing from officers from July 26, 2021 to May 18, 2022.

Asked if that represents a significant increase, Chief Scott Engle wrote in an email, “I could 1,000,000% say this is completely absolutely emphatically totally unusual.”


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Defund police protests comes to the street/roads. The lack of respect creep that is flowing into people—especially young people—will eventually become a disaster.
1 posted on 05/31/2022 5:57:39 AM PDT by devane617
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Why not use drones to stop vehicles?


2 posted on 05/31/2022 6:00:51 AM PDT by Paleo Conservative
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Cops were no where to be seen during the 1st year of the scamdemic

Whatever....


3 posted on 05/31/2022 6:02:08 AM PDT by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZG2M)
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After watching a couple summers’ worth of lawlessness in cities like Seattle, where the police basically stood around with their thumbs up their a**es, why would any one still take them seriously?


4 posted on 05/31/2022 6:03:17 AM PDT by hinckley buzzard ( Resist the narrative.)
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“Why not use drones to stop vehicles?”

Because that kind of crap leads to war.


5 posted on 05/31/2022 6:03:19 AM PDT by MercyFlush (☭☭☭ The Soviet Empire is right now doing a dead cat bounce. ☭☭☭)
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To: devane617

“Your honor, I feared for my safety and my life.”
Too many police are wantonly murdering people for no reason.”

Judge: “We will hold this action over for a later time. You are free to go. We will be in-touch.”


6 posted on 05/31/2022 6:03:29 AM PDT by Cletus.D.Yokel (Islam is NOT a religion of any sort. It is a violent and tyrannical system of ruling others.)
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(The Puyallup Police Department logged 148 instances of drivers fleeing)

Should name change to Pullyaover.

On a serious note, the anarchists have been sowing chaos. To the applause of the Leftists.

Fundamentally changing America.


7 posted on 05/31/2022 6:03:30 AM PDT by SaveFerris (The Lord, The Christ and The Messiah: Jesus Christ of Nazareth - http://www.BiblicalJesusChrist.Com/)
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It’s now cool to totally disrespect the cops up there, I just wonder how many of them end up bragging about it with video on FB or Twitter.
If this becomes the new Instagram fad for the week then the cops will need to shut it down fast, a few well publicized pitting maneuvers with arrests might sway things, that is if the PA in the district allows it of course.


8 posted on 05/31/2022 6:03:31 AM PDT by Abathar (Proudly posting without reading the article carefully since 2004)
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“The lack of respect creep that is flowing into people—especially young people—will eventually become a disaster.”

and oddly enough RESPECT is one of the primary commandments of the incarcerated.

no respect = get shanked


9 posted on 05/31/2022 6:04:14 AM PDT by Jaysin (Trump can’t be beat, unless the democrats cheat)
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Get out of the cities before it is to late?


10 posted on 05/31/2022 6:04:32 AM PDT by Leep (Don't say God.)
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Why not use drones to stop vehicles?

You mean, like NLAWs?

Regards,

11 posted on 05/31/2022 6:04:49 AM PDT by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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Yep. Big time.


12 posted on 05/31/2022 6:10:53 AM PDT by BipolarBob (Where is Biden leading us and what's with the hand basket")
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Police brass all over the country who knelt in solidarity with Communist organizations such as Black Lives MatterTM and Antifa showed themselves unworthy of respect and outright catering to criminal rioters. They put the lives of every other officer at risk.

Every last cop and Fed who took a knee needs to have their badges taken and the badge numbers forever retired in disgrace.

13 posted on 05/31/2022 6:13:50 AM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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That lack of respect for the law flows from the top, too. Biden totally ignores and flouts immigration law. Hillary Clinton’s illegal dirty tricks to destroy Trump we’re brazen and grossly illegal and the entire federal law apparatus supported her. There are thousands of such cases of the top dogs getting away with it. We all know Pelosi’s husband will get away with his DUI, too.

Then you have Democrats beavering away at the Constitution for years and Biden saying it means nothing.

We’ve seen hundreds of videos of black people ignoring police commands to stop. They brazenly and arrogantly just walk away from the cops.

Antifa knows the Lawyers Guild will spring them in jig time.

Soros DAs across the land refuse to enforce the law.

Is it any surprise that this has now trickled down to large scale ignoring police stop attempts? Perhaps the biggest surprise is that it took this long. We are rapidly descending to Mad Max and the Thunderdome.


14 posted on 05/31/2022 6:13:51 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (Wanting to make America great isn’t an insult unless you’re trying to make it worse! ULTRAMAGA!!)
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ANTIFA state, what did they expect? /s


15 posted on 05/31/2022 6:16:09 AM PDT by cranked
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To: SaveFerris
On a serious note, the anarchists have been sowing chaos. To the applause of the Leftists. Fundamentally changing America.

The left will applaud the chaos only because it disempowers the local police.

That's when they'll power up federal policing, and at that point, chaos and "not stopping" won't be an option.

16 posted on 05/31/2022 6:16:21 AM PDT by FreeReign
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And the globalists would love a disarmed citizenry, martial law to be the new normal.


17 posted on 05/31/2022 6:18:40 AM PDT by SaveFerris (The Lord, The Christ and The Messiah: Jesus Christ of Nazareth - http://www.BiblicalJesusChrist.Com/)
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"That lack of respect for the law flows from the top, too. Biden totally ignores and flouts immigration law. Hillary Clinton’s illegal dirty tricks to destroy Trump we’re brazen and grossly illegal and the entire federal law apparatus supported her. There are thousands of such cases of the top dogs getting away with it. We all know Pelosi’s husband will get away with his DUI, too. Then you have Democrats beavering away at the Constitution for years and Biden saying it means nothing. We’ve seen hundreds of videos of black people ignoring police commands to stop. They brazenly and arrogantly just walk away from the cops. Antifa knows the Lawyers Guild will spring them in jig time. Soros DAs across the land refuse to enforce the law. Is it any surprise that this has now trickled down to large scale ignoring police stop attempts? Perhaps the biggest surprise is that it took this long. We are rapidly descending to Mad Max and the Thunderdome."

Are leftest dumb enough to think they are exempt from the fallout as the right is? I do not understand the mind of leftest.

18 posted on 05/31/2022 6:19:43 AM PDT by devane617 (RUN FOR LOCAL ELECTED OFFICE! COUNCIL,SCHOOL BOARD, ETC.)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom
As long as hillary and her henchpeople are not in jail, and the vote fraudsters are not in jail, there is no rule of law in this country.

Why do the cops bother to go after people for just speeding, etc. Why bother to stop when they do?

19 posted on 05/31/2022 6:20:48 AM PDT by Mogger
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Are leftest dumb enough to think they are exempt from the fallout as the right is?

Just look at the Pelosi DUI, sadly the leftists are correct in thinking that way.

20 posted on 05/31/2022 6:21:39 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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