[envisio]

I think it should be this way everywhere. Shoot them before they hurt innocent people.

[LongElegantLegs]

What if there are innocent people in the car?

[556x45]

I see, so we could just eliminate those costly courts and let the police do the entire job. Great...

[envisio]

They should also advertise it far and wide.

“You run from the police in a car, you will be shot at”

[SJSAMPLE]

“suspected of committing a felony”

WTF?
Double WTF for Chicago cops.

I hear gunshots near me and try to get the hell out of there, and a Chicago cop gets to start busting caps?

I hope they really define “suspected of committing a felony” better. The cop better WITNESS the felony, a VIOLENT FELONY, before resorting to the CPDs unusually low level of training and restraint.

[battlecry]

More than likely they will unload their magazines and miss. Hard to shoot under pressure.

[org.whodat]

I think it should be this way everywhere. Shoot them before they hurt innocent people.

That's correct, piss on the Constitution.

This will be a field day for attorney payoffs by the tax payers.

[relee]

... allows police officers to shoot at fleeing vehicles if the driver or passengers are suspected of committing a felony ...

This will policy will be changed back, probably in less than a year.

[DMZFrank]

I am a retired Illinois State Policeman. Whatever the new directive states, this action constitutes a use of deadly force, and therefore must be consistent with the SCOTUS ruling in Tennesee vs. Garner.

Tennessee v. Garner, 471 U.S. 1 (1985)[1], was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that under the Fourth Amendment, when a law enforcement officer is pursuing a fleeing suspect, he or she may use deadly force only to prevent escape if the officer has probable cause to believe that the suspect poses a significant threat of death or serious physical injury to the officer or others. IOW, it must involve MORE than the simple commision of a felony.

[RobRoy]

"Use of unnecessary violence in the apprehension of the Blues Brothers has been approved.."

[taxtruth]

They should never be able to do that in public.A car is a 4000 lb. missile with gasoline.How many people could that kill if the driver was knocked off?

[OldMissileer]

Since more and more offenses are being turned into felonies so our illustrious politicians and Government can take away many of our rights, especially our second ammendment right, it will not be long before they make some innocuous offense a felony and then shoot you dead when they see you driving your car. “Yes, your Honor, he was fleeing in his vehicle and we had a felony charge of Jaywalking on him. That is hardened criminal stuff, your Honor!”

Also, since we read about shoot outs where a dozen or more rounds are fired and not a single person in the fray gets hit, I would not like to see the story about the innocent bystanders and motorists getting hit as the police spray the area with lead.

[RabidBartender]

FINALLY!

Run, Ric Ocasek, you dirty Pavlína-stealer!

[Allegra]

Goodness....shooting at fleeing cars has been a policy where I live for at least five years...

;-)

[taxtruth]

No judge or jury needed in this situation to even say a felony was committed.This is a license to murder without a trial.We have entered NUTSVILLE.

[samtheman]

Testing a thuggish procedure in Chicago first before implementing it at the Federal level.

That’s exactly how our current Thugocracy intends to work.

[screaminsunshine]

cool just like capone.

[CGTRWK]

Aggravated fleeing or eluding in Illinois is already a felony in itself. Fire at will.

[lucias_clay]

Shooting fleeing felons used to be the norm in this fair land.

[BertWheeler]

Expanding authority to the police, still not allowing the “subjects” of Chicago the right to keep a gun in their domicile.

[webschooner]

If you are an innocent bystander and some of the police bullets intended for the perps passes close to you, or hits you or those in your charge, does the policy say you can legally fire back at the Keystone Thugs?