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Originally Posted by M.T. Promises
It's a very similar story and they happened on the same day, or a day apart. I wonder what would have happened if the cops opened up on this 4 year old?
The real lesson here is stay the hell out of black neighborhoods, the police feel they're targets and are paranoid and likely to shoot. 'Their lives were in danger' is such a B.S. excuse; cops are supposed to risk their lives, that's why we have them.
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Just because cops are expected to risk their lives doesn't mean that they are expected to lose it being mowed down by a out of control 13 year old. The big difference here is the lack of intent by the driver to evade the cops and arrest. Cops rely on a number of different signs to determine what action to take. When someone flees at a high rate of speed, that shows intent to elude police and a disregard for the safety of every other person. This 4 year old rolled slowly down a road bumping into a few cars in his travels. Big difference from a high speed chase.
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Originally Posted by KinkyKiwi
but i don't see anything about an officer getting hurt
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Exactly! Cops are trained to take action
before they or someone else gets hurt. Do you really think a cop is going to wait until the 13 year old runs him over a couple of times and then decide to take action? I'll agree with one thing, this was certainly a mistake on the 13 year olds part. I've made plenty of mistakes in my life too but none of them involved speeding away from the cops and ramming a squad car.