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   "Curt"  wrote in message   
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   > And if you'd read the DA's report, and if you'd read the outside agency's   
   > report, you'd notice that the stop sign was invisible due to overgrown   
   > trees.   
   >   
      
   I don't give a rip if he couldn't see the stop sign.  He was on a   
   residential street.  60 MPH through ANY residential intersection is NEVER   
   OK.   
      
   I have NEVER seen a cop do this - they may pull the speed up through the   
   middle of the block, but they drop the speed way down when going through the   
   intersection.  Even more so if they don't have the lights on.   
      
   > It was a tragedy and it was something that cop is going to have to live   
   > with   
   > for the rest of his life. It's something the dead guy's family is going to   
   > have to get through, too, and my heart goes out to them. But no, there was   
   > no crime.   
   >   
      
   My heart doesn't go out to this cop.  He got away scott free.  He should be   
   canned.  Nothing will happen now.  I'm sure the family is going to get a few   
   million, either in a out of court settlement, or in a judgment.  But since   
   this occurred in the line of the officer's professional duties, there is no   
   personal liability.  The citizens of Gresham are going to bear the cost of   
   his negligence.   
      
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