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Originally Posted by pocon1
I live near Washington DC and the cops are not allowed to chase anybody. Needless to say, very few criminals are caught(this is only part of the problem). Kids in stolen vehicles will pull up next to officers in some neighborhoods, flip off the officer or throw something at him, and drive away through red lights. The cops cannot do anything. The kiddie car thieves in some neighborhoods are ridiculous and there is a news story about once a month on them. 11 and 12 year olds steal cars in the district.
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Sorry but I don't even see that as an attempt to make an arguement.
By the way, how many innocent people have been killed in uncessesary police chases in the DC area?
I'm just sick of people standing by cops who are untrained or incapable of rational thought. I see it in the Phoenix area all the time. There have been two big incidents recently here. Dan Lovelace, a Scottsdale or maybe Chandler cop, killed a woman over a forged perscription. She initially backed into his bike, then started to drive away (going away from the cop). He shot her in the back of the head as she was driving away. The county attorney filed murder charges and he walked. Let's see unarmed suspect, driving away from him. Somehow the jury saw that as him fearing for his life, whatever.
In Mesa or Chandler there was an incident where a kid (16 and skinny) was in his kitchen with a knife. The family was freaked so they called the cops. They show up and kill him. Most people said "well he shouldn't have been holding a knife, do you expect the cops to risk their lives?" Well, it is their job, they are trained to disarm people holding knives. Fuck, my 18 yr brother (3rd degree black belt) has martial arts training and could have disarmed him with little harm to either one and he doesn't wear a vest! A cop wearing riot gear could have safely disarmed him. Instead they shoot first and ask questions later.