We constantly hear about how police chasing criminals is what causes big accidents, an assertion we feel is overly simplistic but one that’s repeated often. But cases like this one of a BMW 6 Series crashing big in Los Angeles we believe proves that’s not always true.
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Three men inside the Bimmer, which was reported stolen, were fleeing from Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputies in Koreatown after reportedly committing an armed robbery. In other words, these were dangerous suspects, not just someone who was going ten over the speed limit.
As deputies pursued, the getaway driver was slicing through thick traffic in the area like a hot knife through butter, putting regular people on the road at great risk. The Bimmer went the wrong way on roads quite a few times and cut things close often.
Because of the risky nature of the chase, the sheriff’s department called off the pursuit. An air unit was able to track the BMW, so the thought was the catch the suspects once they calmed down and stopped running.
The problem was they didn’t stop driving like maniacs through the city. We see this over and over: suspects drive crazy to lose police, the chase is called off because supposedly if cops stop pursuing suspects will slow down and drive nice.
Instead, these guys kept going and going, eventually crashing at a pretty good clip into cross traffic at an intersection. Not only was the other car badly damaged, it hit an apartment complex and did damage to the building.
All that after the chase was called off. It really makes you stop and wonder if these pursuit policies are really about public safety or are they devised for some other agenda? We don’t know for sure, but let us know what you think.
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