[TheCrusader]

"You have a problem with any authority, right?"

No, I have a problem with stupidity and big deadly egos that kill people needlessly. The authority that I grew up with did not allow itself to engage in high speed chases with non felony related incidences of kids joy riding in a pilfered car. They had the brains and common decency to understand that high speed car chases are often deadly, to innocent bystanders, to innocent kids in the back seat of the car, and even to the police themselves. You think this chase was worth it?????????????????

[CyberCowboy777]

It was worth it if it kept these idiots from hitting one other car innocently driving along.

We have teens who like to speed and play chicken on two lane roads - one side down to the river, the other a rock face.

One person has died already, how many more before you let the cops chase these guys down?

It is safer to have a cops with lights and sirens than a idiot with no warning speeding down the road.

[jonascord]

Find me a leo under forty that doesn't believe he could give Jeff Gordon a run at Darlington! They've had how many hours of high speed pursuit training? (You can't outrun a Motorola, but they DEFIED ZOD!)

[Petronski]

...non felony related incidences of kids joy riding in a pilfered car.

I believe auto theft is inherently 'felony-related.'

[ThePointer]

Not much more I can add then what already has been said to you. You are Monday morning quarterbacking. Hindsight, 20/20, all that jazz. Go to your local police station and ask for a ride-along.

[verity]

Many posters find your attitude ridiculous so I shall refrain from piling on.

[sig229]

We all have choices to make in life, and you (and the auto thieves) have taken the wrong side of this. Hind sight is always 20-20!

[Centurion2000]

non felony related incidences of kids joy riding in a pilfered car

Listen to yourself. GRAND theft auto is a felony in almost every state. It's heartless but these 7 kids should have exercised a little forethought and not committed a crime.

And where were the parents?? I have very little mercy for these people.

[isom35]

and if kids joyriding in a pilfered car hit innocent bystanders? could the bystanders ask, "hey cops, where were you, why didnt you get them off the road before they hit us?"

[Lancey Howard]

kids joy riding in a pilfered car

A candy bar is "pilfered".
A Dodge Intrepid is not "pilfered".

[Ichneumon]

No, I have a problem with stupidity and big deadly egos that kill people needlessly.

You mean, like the driver of the car who turned it into a car chase instead of pulling over when the officer signaled for him to?

[Little Ray]

Car theft isn't felony?
Personally, I think car theft = horse theft; it should be a hangin' offense!