Shock Study: Police Chases Over Minor Traffic Infractions Kill Thousands of Innocent Bystanders
Posted by Zenphamy 9 years, 9 months ago to Government
So it's not enough that the Police shoot us with guns and taser us to death. Now we're finding out how many times they run over us with their cars.
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"On average, according to the report, one person every day is killed during a high-speed chase.
To put this into perspective, that’s larger than the number of people killed by floods, tornadoes, lightning and hurricanes — combined.
Contrary to popular thinking, high-speed chases aren’t only dangerous for those involved. Innocent bystanders are all too often the victims of these reckless pursuits.
According to the report, more than 5,000 bystanders and passengers have been killed in police car chases since 1979. Tens of thousands more were injured as officers repeatedly pursued drivers at high speeds and in hazardous conditions.
Aside from the 5,000 completely innocent lives lost, an additional 6,300 fleeing ‘suspects’ were also killed, bringing the total to 11,506 dead since 1979. Even this shockingly large number is likely an understatement, according to the report. The Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) uses police reports to determine if a crash is chase related, and many of the reports do not disclose that a chase had occurred at all."
And:
"Earlier this month we reported on the story of Bill McIntyre, who was mowed down by a police officer as he was leaving a bar.
In June, Detroit cops refused to stop the pursuit of a man who led them into a neighborhood where children were playing. Police forced the man to lose control and sent him flying into a yard occupied by two young children, Mikiah and Michael Angelo Jackson. They were killed instantly.
Why were police dangerously pursuing a man into a residential area? The suspect had failed to show up for his parole meeting."
And:
"According to a report from the International Association of Chiefs of Police and the National Institute of Justice, a whopping 91 percent of high-speed chases (edit) are in response to non-violent crime; most of which involve only minor traffic infractions."
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But it must be a lot of fun and a big adrenaline rush to chase them down with those hotrod cruisers. Boy, I'll show em I can drive---huh.
Edit note. Last sentence added the end of the sentence. Thanks Salty
Edit 2 Note: The USA Today Study: http://www.usatoday.com/longform/news...
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"On average, according to the report, one person every day is killed during a high-speed chase.
To put this into perspective, that’s larger than the number of people killed by floods, tornadoes, lightning and hurricanes — combined.
Contrary to popular thinking, high-speed chases aren’t only dangerous for those involved. Innocent bystanders are all too often the victims of these reckless pursuits.
According to the report, more than 5,000 bystanders and passengers have been killed in police car chases since 1979. Tens of thousands more were injured as officers repeatedly pursued drivers at high speeds and in hazardous conditions.
Aside from the 5,000 completely innocent lives lost, an additional 6,300 fleeing ‘suspects’ were also killed, bringing the total to 11,506 dead since 1979. Even this shockingly large number is likely an understatement, according to the report. The Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) uses police reports to determine if a crash is chase related, and many of the reports do not disclose that a chase had occurred at all."
And:
"Earlier this month we reported on the story of Bill McIntyre, who was mowed down by a police officer as he was leaving a bar.
In June, Detroit cops refused to stop the pursuit of a man who led them into a neighborhood where children were playing. Police forced the man to lose control and sent him flying into a yard occupied by two young children, Mikiah and Michael Angelo Jackson. They were killed instantly.
Why were police dangerously pursuing a man into a residential area? The suspect had failed to show up for his parole meeting."
And:
"According to a report from the International Association of Chiefs of Police and the National Institute of Justice, a whopping 91 percent of high-speed chases (edit) are in response to non-violent crime; most of which involve only minor traffic infractions."
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But it must be a lot of fun and a big adrenaline rush to chase them down with those hotrod cruisers. Boy, I'll show em I can drive---huh.
Edit note. Last sentence added the end of the sentence. Thanks Salty
Edit 2 Note: The USA Today Study: http://www.usatoday.com/longform/news...
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Yeah, I heard about that quota ain't a quota is a quota in the middle of the previous century.
Here in Sacramento the cops have a workaround that works quite well: call in the media! Several times I've seen the police give up but have the channel 3 traffic copter follow the bad guy to his destination, on live TV. Then the cops move in. Works like a charm.
all of the younger generation on this web site and in general will have many more years to deal with this type of situation as well other situations that implemented by people who have a 2nd grade education which is as good as it gets in this country. all of the police are told they have a quota and to fill it at any expense they deem necessary other wise they will not get their share.
Always be courteous and polite. It saves money. I figured that out as a teenager.
You can't outrun a police radio.
I support law and order.
I do not support bystanders put at risk, especially if there is enough information to arrest the dude later.
The local governments create their own messes. And I certainly don't feel 'safer' as a result.
They need to serve in the military overseas (to see what real violence and societal collapse looks like), 4 years in college to see mistakes that people make, and then a much shorter time in police academy that emphasizes the law, not push-ups and take-down tactics.
If you dress the part, it tends to attract a certain type of control-freak I think. Scale them back to a revolver, dress uniforms, regular shoes, and the bus driver cap in a sedan instead of the urban-assault SUV, and I think the problem takes care of itself.
It's a reason I'm leaving California... I really want a simpler life. Retirement beckons in only about 7 years.
Dude, governments' got big revenue plans that trump little people.
We are in/headed for a police state, and it is not about race. The poor minorities are the canary in the coal mine.
I know if I don't stop for that ticket it'll be demolition derby time.
As for my walking on a sidewalk, old dino ain't as quick on his feet as he used to be.
I'm not as convinced as you that which car struck an innocent is necessarily more important as is the original purpose for initiating the stop and why it's important enough to continue at high speeds through towns and residential areas. The police will have the license plate # and for traffic infractions, can easily track down and investigate without endangering anyone. Is this about revenue generation, a dangerous incident, a stolen vehicle, a bank robber, a known murderer, etc, or is it about the ego of a cop or control of citizens?
From personal experience, with three brothers lying in an ER and my automobile completely smashed, being T-boned by a cop in Grand Junction, CO chasing a kid on a motorcycle for a loud muffler, running a stop sign in a residential area with no lights or siren, at a high enough speed to push my car some 150ft sideways until stopped by a curb--I can say I wasn't upset with the kid on the motorcycle.
The article does state that 29 of the 68 police reported killed in duty during 2015 have died from automobile crashes.
A quote from the article, I think important:
"It is more important that innocence should be protected, than it is, that guilt be punished; for guilt and crimes are so frequent in this world, that all of them cannot be punished…. when innocence itself, is brought to the bar and condemned, especially to die, the subject will exclaim, ‘it is immaterial to me whether I behave well or ill, for virtue itself is no security.’ And if such a sentiment as this were to take hold in the mind of the subject that would be the end of all security whatsoever. -John Adams"
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