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Also he shot at the police, that's pretty much going to mean they have to assume you could kill them or someone else. You really think you can not only steal,
by program_whiz 7y ago
Also he shot at the police, that's pretty much going to mean they have to assume you could kill them or someone else. You really think you can not only steal, then lead a car chase, then lock yourself in a house, then shoot at the cops, and expect them to just wait hoping you don't kill someone or yourself or them to avoid property damage? And then, if they kick in your door (or after 19 hours destroy your house), you want them to pay for it, when you could have avoided or ended the situation at any time?
- magashna 7y agoPolice aren't supposed to go on high-speed chases anymore, especially because they could hurt innocent people. They made the situation worse in every way.
- megous 7y agoHard to say who caused what after certain point. Certainly police has been criticized before for risky chases, for example. Is risking lives of pedestrians worth a chase for a few dollars of stolen merchendise? Then things escalated, sure. Chases are dangerous, and there are attempts to avoid them. For example, there's a system that some police are testing, that shoots magnetic GPS trackers to the chased car, and then police then track the car from a safer distance without putting pressure at the chased driver, and try to catch him when he stops.
- alphabettsy 7y agoBased on your comments you haven’t read the story. The house didn’t belong to the person police were pursuing and there was nobody in the house. They destroyed the house of a completely innocent third-party.