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Suspect with bong built into his car dashboard is arrested for the 98th time after high speed chase (www.independent.co.uk)
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[–] 31 points 6 months ago (5 children)

What a great example of why police chases shouldn't be a thing, the cop was more dangerous than Smokey Pete.

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  • [–] 33 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    Cop tried bumping the truck on a fucking two-lane road with a car coming the opposite way. Holy Cheez-its.

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  • [–] 7 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    I remember them shooting at a hijacked FedEx truck
    It couldn't go fast anyway, had a tracker and was stuck in traffic with cars everywhere.
    It was going nowhere.
    No negotiating or thinking, the cops just started firing.
    They killed everyone in the truck (driver/victim also) and at least 1 (or more if I remember correctly) of the unlucky commuters in the line of fire.

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  • [–] 5 points 6 months ago

    From another article:

    *Two pursuits. Both were terminated because his driving was so reckless that it was dangerous to keep chasing him. He was blowing through intersections at high speed through downtown Olympia and into Lacey.

    That’s how innocent people die. A family heading home. A kid crossing the street. We’re handing the wheel to a driver who’s apparently high on meth and fentanyl and has no intention of stopping.*

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