XPost: alt.thebird.copwatch, alt.law-enforcement, alt.true-crime   
   XPost: alt.california, nyc.general   
   From: pickins486@nyc.rr.com   
      
   Phil wrote:   
   >   
   > On Sun, 7 Dec 2003 19:27:12 -0700, "Chas"    
   > wrote:   
   >   
   > >"Phil"  wrote   
   > >> >No, they knew it was a stop sign violation.   
   > >> And did they suddenly reach 100 mph with guns drawn?  Or did they   
   > >> pursue it as a traffic violation until little Mario Andretti decided   
   > >> to make it a high speed pursuit?   
   > >   
   > >Turned the lights on. The kid ran and just kept going faster until they all   
   > >lost control. The cop was scratched up, the kid hurt pretty bad, his   
   > >companion unhurt and a young girl killed in a truck he hit.   
   > >   
   > >> The cops didn't know it was just a stop sign violation.   
   > >   
   > >That's all he witnessed.   
   >   
   > A rational person wouldn't start such a pursuit over a simple traffic   
   > violation.  The cop rational thought it was a criminal.   
      
   A teenager on a unauthorized joyride with Dad's car might panic.   
      
   WHY is always as "criminal act" with you, Phil?   
      
   > >> If they were   
   > >> required to break off pursuit after achieving certain speeds (or so   
   > >> much time), then all criminals have to do is meet these requirements   
   > >> and they're home free.   
   > >   
   > >Yeah; think of the lives it would save- half a dozen in Denver alone this   
   > >last short period.   
   >   
   > Yeah, think of the lives that would be lost at the hands of criminals   
   > who could decide when the police would call off pursuits.   
      
   The teenager on the joyride would kill who?   
      
      
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