Shared because it's a tragic story and a reminder to us all of how sometimes it just doesn't make sense. Also because everybody should circle this guy. He posts what he lives and it's important stuff.
Originally shared by Carlos Miller
Florida cops try to pull man over for not wearing a seatbelt. The man has a suspended license so he flees, jumping out of the car in an open field.
A cop then drives 100 feet off the road into the field, plowing down a fence at 60 mph and running over the 38-year-old man, whose father is an Atlanta police officer.
That cop has since been fired.
http://photographyisnotacrime.com/2013/06/03/cop-fired-after-dash-cam-video-shows-him-running-over-man-suspected-of-seat-belt-violation/
http://photographyisnotacrime.com/2013/06/03/cop-fired-after-dash-cam-video-shows-him-running-over-man-suspected-of-seat-belt-violation/
In fact, there are very strict rules about pursuit and the policeman broke all of them. At high speeds (and 60 mph qualifies) they aren't permitted even to pursue a fleeing car unless they feel the public is endangered by it. It's really amazing he didn't mow down the homeowner and his children, too. Sad, sad and frightening. Gross negligence, vandalism, attempted manslaughter AND murder.
ReplyDeleteOnly two blocks away from me, cops attempted to pull over a 14-year-old boy whose crime was cruising through a "known drug neighborhood." He didn't stop, sell or buy anything. When stopped for "questioning," he fled (probably because he knew his folks would kill him, since he was too young to drive), they chased him a few blocks. He lost control of the car, slammed into an electrical pole (killing him instantly) and several neighborhoods were without power for a couple of days. THAT was in a residential area. In fact, it was on a street that is not only busy with cars day-and-night, but also with large foot traffic (the university, and there are crosswalks at every corner).
It happens more often than you think. It's my firm belief that law enforcement isn't being taught the rules as strictly as they should be. Otherwise, how would they think they had the power to do this sort of thing? This isn't a Dukes of Hazard rerun, it's lives-- criminals or not-- and a blatant disregard for them.