Running from the police is a felony that I would never even consider. Put a bullet in a convicted felon's head. For convicted misdemeanors, put them in stocks in front of the local courthouse and let law abiding citizens throw rotten vegetables at them. Save My Tax Dollars.

... on what the person was doing or on his way to go do - sometimes a cop has to make a judgement call: Are we going to injure somebody, or are we going to let this guy continue and then we'll end up having somebody dead on our hands 2 days from now. I'd like to find out what this suspect was actually being chased for, 'cause I agree if it was just speeding, then this was a bit harsh, but if it was kidnapping, raping, murder or something like this, then I'd gladly be the person who got "slight injuries and have pain for years to come" if I knew that caused somebody to retian their lives.

That video is a bit old. It has the old SPIKE logo, so yeah. Those practices are being phased out. It isn't worth the loss of innocent life, so police are NOW giving up. I know within cities they can only chase you for a matter of seconds and if you are darting through traffic and pulling away from them, they are required to back off.

the bottom line is that he fled from the cops...do we really want police officers just giving up and letting the suspect flee freely? look at some more high speed chases that don't end so well, and i'm sure you'll agree that having a few injuries is a lot better than letting the suspect run a red light and T-bone an innocent driver...i think the cop pulled off a damn good pit maneuver considering this was rush hour traffic...

yea i love that show. that was probably not the best way to stop them!
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Not only in the case, in the most of cases, police men in USA act like the want to revenge of they people, in all cases I have seen.
When they case some one, the who been cased may be kill one person or have some drugs, but when they chase him/her like this the kill other 5 or six people who have nothing to do with the matter at all.
You people in the USA should sue them and ask for procedure or policy to be followed by police men not to chase anyone, they could stop him by so many way but not chase him.

I've seen heap's of these video's in Australia and I think they'll have the same attitude that our police have here and that is, they just think "Well all in a day's work" then at the end of the day they go home and forget about it { there are some who do their job and then have mental issue's about it }but in regard's to the one's that don't, if they were put in a situation were something like this affect's them personally then I'll bet it would be a different story! There are better way's to deal with car chases using technology but they won't use it because doing so mean's their number's will be greatly reduced. There are some decent people in law enforcement but they are becoming a rare breed! I guess it's because the system doesn't complete the job after they have done their's or it's entirely wrong and they don't want to enforce it, most good officer's of law "quit" their job after striking similar or the same problem's! It is a shame on us all!

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what about the criminal that are being chased? its all their fault. these cops are doing there job are excell in doing so , they are heros that are there to protect you stupid. it seems that u are of those who do nothing but smoke and get high, drunk, and mess around, just like the person being chased. people like that should be dealt with in a more harsh and unhuman manaer than that, coz by breaking the law, they put inoccent people in danger.

Not only in the case, in the most of cases, police men in USA act like they want to revenge of their people, in all cases I have seen.
When they chase some one, the one who been cased may be kills one person or have some drugs, but when they chase him/her like this he/she could have kill other 5 or six people who have nothing to do with the matter at all.
You people in the USA should sue them and ask for procedure or policy to be followed by police men not to chase anyone, they could stop him/her by so many way but not chase him.

what about the criminal that are being chased? its all their fault. these cops are doing there job are excell in doing so , they are heros that are there to protect you stupid. it seems that u are of those who do nothing but smoke and get high, drunk, and mess around, just like the person being chased. people like that should be dealt with in a more harsh and unhuman manaer than that, coz by breaking the law, they put inoccent people in danger.

They are drinking coffee at the convienance store or shaking someone down. I say take away the cops gun and fancy ass weapons. Make them learn and use people skills instead of gestopo tekniques.

Chances are they would'nt be speeding if the police weren't chasing them. What was their offence? Failure to signal?

They love to hurt people and cause huge scenes they don't care at all about the public and thats why the public detests them. Cops in the US are modern day gesto tazing senior citizens and pregnant women. Shooting people dead on safety and welfare checks. I would rather sleep under a bridge than wear a badge because I like people and like to help them not terrorize and hurt them.

So what recourse do the innocent people have as a result of police indifference?

What if the officers had hurt someone? Oh, that's too bad, they shouldn't have gotten in the way. Spoken like a true republican. Which if George Bush's dicisions makes you the most proud?

That would take logic & common sense. But it wouldn't make news.

With a traffic jam, and a chopper keeping an eye on them - where would they go exactly? If there was a traffic jam up ahead - just wait for them to be forced to stop and nab them.

the speeds are looking over the speed limit of where seat belts are a ness. the police shoulda waited for a better time for the take out trick they've been taught. aswell they learn this tactical move to help prevent other causualtes lol not to prevent the risk of preprty damage.lol..and your rule of thumbs is always first this would be a great reason why OJ didn't get this done...and as for traffic..they cleared off all roads..i hope the cop was investigated on this one.

How could they get away with a chopper in the air?
How were they going to get away if there was a traffic jam ahead? I don't follow your logic.

we'r in us. "Free" country.

This is Russian idiot he he he eh ehe eh ........

The guy probably told a cop off that's why they were so hell-bent on chasing him.

I think the bad guy did a pretty good job of driving. To end up facing the same direction he was going was pretty cool.

I agree. But this one I found little too much, the first police car could find a better moment to force the suspect off the road without damaging 3 other cars...
Well, ofcourse we dont know the whole story, so it could be the best way to do it from police side.

Okay, bbc watcher? this is the appropriate way to respond to someone elses comment!

I can't see what bbc watcher wrote but this site is full of nasty comments. I'm glad to see others know how to debate or discuss instead of flinging vulgarities at each other.

f u c k yourself

For proving my point.

The cop did the right thing at the wrong time. He may have done more damage than the guy being chased....

since the police caused that one, the police dept. insurance pays it, but anyone hit by the guy prior to that I think files their own ins. claim as if it were a "hit-and-run." Someone let me know if I am incorrect here.

may get sued or charged for damages and after that it's probably insurance or the taxpayers money.

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I don't see ANY justification for endangering innocent people that way. We've all seen police chases where they didn't have to FORCE a suspect to crash into an innocent's person's car. Sure, the police's insurance company might have paid for any medical and property damage, but the damage is still done and people have to live thier lives with those injuries.

if they can't stop them by normal means, they have to do crap like that. and 90% of the time, the have to get authorization to do so.