[FITZ]

I know one time my kid brother was riding a dirt bike on a country road and the sheriff began to chase him down. He took off across the field and luckily the sheriff didn't shoot at him, he just calmly drove to the house and waited and confiscated his dirtbike for a month. They could have let this man drive on home, they would have been able to trace him from his plates and license number and taken him to court. Two grieving families and I don't think it had to end this way.

[Cultural Jihad]

So it was all the officer's fault, eh? "He made me shoot him because he pulled me over! It was libertarian-inspired self-defense!"

[dirtboy]

They could have let this man drive on home, they would have been able to trace him from his plates and license number and taken him to court.

Uh, FITZ, it's a felony, from what I understand, to pull away from a legal traffic stop. I have been pulled over a few times in my life. The last time, in Montana back in January, I was doing 15 mph over the speed limit, and the cop gave me a warning, bless him. A sheriff's deputy for the county I was in. You know, the level of government that so many freepers profess to love. Well, if you love local government, why do you decry them when they exert their legal authority?

[mamelukesabre]

Sure, they could have done that. But why should they have to? IF the cop decides to chase, that's his decision to make and he is justified in doing so.