From: saddlebag on 12 Aug 2010 05:55 http://www.kirotv.com/news/24588059/detail.html?cxntlid=cmg_cntnt_rss
From: J. Clarke on 12 Aug 2010 06:18 On 8/12/2010 5:55 AM, saddlebag wrote: > http://www.kirotv.com/news/24588059/detail.html?cxntlid=cmg_cntnt_rss Looks like Seattle needs to give the plod a remedial course in pursuit driving and review the pursuit policies. Police have radios, helicopters, and other police for a reason. The proper technique for dealing with such a situation is teamwork, not street racing. This jackass screwed the pooch and he _deserves_ to be mocked.
From: CindiK on 12 Aug 2010 06:53 On Aug 12, 4:55 am, saddlebag <saddle...(a)aol.com> wrote: > http://www.kirotv.com/news/24588059/detail.html?cxntlid=cmg_cntnt_rss one source said the patches looked like this: http://www.denizensofdoom.net/images/geekyPatch.gif
From: Datesfat Chicks on 12 Aug 2010 08:22 "saddlebag" <saddlebag(a)aol.com> wrote in message news:f1e120b3-bbbc-4773-9517-b89dc87f5298(a)p7g2000yqa.googlegroups.com... > http://www.kirotv.com/news/24588059/detail.html?cxntlid=cmg_cntnt_rss I'm a little surprised that a charge of "willfully not rendering assistance" is possible. It was my understanding that generally I'm under no obligation to help a dying person on the street, etc. It was my understanding that legislatures and courts generally stayed away from the "failure to be a good samaritan" legislation. I'll look that one up. Personally, I don't disapprove of the mocking behavior. He blew a chase scenario, so a little teasing in one form or another is understandable. But at the same time, they should have called for help or quickly arranged to have someone else do it (for obvious reasons, they wouldn't want to use their own cellphones). They were really screwed on the "calling for help" scenario, though, if they used their own cellphones. LE would definitely have used the call as evidence of guilt for the behavior that caused the wreck. They were kind of pinned because if they called for help they would definitely be prosecuted for the other behavior. I can actually think of more than one scenario where that could happen. Let's say that I'm a kid in high school, on the track team, who just shoplifted a pop and some twinkies. A donut-fed police officer chases after me. I'm able to outrun him, but then he keels over of a heart attack yards behind me during the foot chase. The choices are all unpleasant at that point. Simply escaping is a horrible moral choice. But rendering aid is a horrible practical choice. Personally, I'd help the guy or gal and take what comes from it. But I do understand that not everybody would make the same choice. DF
From: Vito on 12 Aug 2010 08:35
"CindiK" <cindi.knox(a)gmail.com> wrote saddlebag <saddle...(a)aol.com> wrote: > http://www.kirotv.com/news/24588059/detail.html?cxntlid=cmg_cntnt_rss one source said the patches looked like this: http://www.denizensofdoom.net/images/geekyPatch.gif Whateve happened to DoD?? |