My 2 cents
I think there is a small, itty bitty tinsy weansy bit of LEO bashing here. Not all unfounded. Some of the worst drivers I know are cops. I'll ride with a buddy to a shop in his car. "ya every heard of the 2 second rule, I feel like I in the other car", I'll tell him He passes on double yellows when we are on bikes. He says he is just use to riding people ***** to get tag info check out the car, etc. Just habit. I've told him he makes me uncomfortable with his driving. Many more examples from just this one individual.
But last Halloween, I was trick-or treating with the kids in the hood, we are talking (he is on duty), a car flies by doing 60 or better in a residential neighborhood with kids walking the streets. He is facing the wrong way to pursue. He lights up the car, turns around, lays rubber and takes off in pursuit. he come back a few min latter, I ask if he got the speeder? He replied no.... to dangerous to pursue, I broke it off.
We are talking philosophy here, does the means justify the end: get that damn speede no mater what.
Do you shoot a shoplifter, was the shoplifter stealing food to feed his kids that haven't eaten in 2 days?
Do you shoot a child molester, hell yes no matter what.
Do I feel the biker is responsible for the troopers death, no, is it a tragic loss ,Hell Yes, Should the trooper use the radio, yes,(speculation on facts) if he had the tag get him latter, if he didn't have the tags and the pusuit was to dangerous (which it obviously was) oh well, he got away TODAY!
Ricky- I am sorry, you keep going back to the speeder is "legally required to pull over" He is breaking the law in the first place by speeding, whats to stop him from breaking a few more
Honestly Ricky, I don't mean to pick on you, but with the "legal" thing have you ever broken the Law? I do almost daily. 30 in a 25, 75 in a 70, roll a stop sign, etc.
Cops are held to a higher standard. Is it fair? No, But they are. Do they break the same laws off duty (or on for that matter) that they will give you a ticket for, yes. Do cops get prefferential treatment from other cops? You betcha! Should they? ethically no, every one is the same in the eyes of the law, right? Do they deserve a break for their thankless job? you betcha!
To me, this falls into the same catagory as gun mfgs are responsible for murder, not the POS that pulled the trigger. We do not have all the facts of the case, did a tire blow out? sue Firestone. would you charge the biker if he was doing 40 in a 30 and the trooper straightend a curve and hit a tree? It would appear the pursuit should have been broken off. The fact that the biker did or did not know the trooper was behind him is irrelivant?sp If the speed involved was dangerous break it off! Bottom line it really sucks for the trooper and his survivors
OK maybe that was 5 cents
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