Not-so-hot pursuit of burglary suspect sees police cars chase tractor excavator at walking pace (apnews.com)

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Police in South Carolina engaged in a not-so-hot pursuit as they chased a tractor excavator down a main highway for more than an hour at the speed an average adult walks.

The chase reached speeds of 3 mph (4.8 kph) early Sunday morning in North Charleston, police said. [...]

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[-] [email protected] 13 points 1 day ago

Even the video footage would fit right in as B-roll in an Onion video, completely absurd that the chase lasted an hour like that lol

[-] [email protected] 1 points 18 hours ago

i've got this ebike that's pretty cool. one of these days i kinda want to go on a crime spree at 5kph

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