My DH has me hooked on police car chases...
What I can't understand is why on earth do they run?? How dumb do you have to be???
Not to mention the danger they are putting the public in!! Idiots!
The reason I'm glad I'm not a cop is two-fold. One, I wouldn't hesitate to shoot. If this guy or gal decides to run and puts the public at risk, I don't see why Cops can't at least try to get them in the leg or the arm or something. My personal opinion: You run from the Police, you have it coming!
Two: I wouldn't be able to control myself, and not beat the ever living crap out of the "subject"! I wouldn't hesitate for a blink to beat and kick the crap out of someone who doesn't give a damn if they kill people in their pursuit to get away. Again, if you're dumb enough to run, you have it coming!
I know, I know, police brutality, blah blah blah. My husband asked me "What if it was your son?"
Um.......He had it coming.
Do stupid things, suffer the consequences!
I teach my kids to live with their choices. If my son is dumb enough to try to run, hey, he's taking his life, and other people's, in his own hands. I wouldn't begrudge a cop for shooting him. Better he goes down than kill a bunch of people!
But again, this is why I would make a terrible cop.
One of my favorite police chases is from South America. A guy in a high-speed chase slammed into a van, and the woman driving the van jumped out, launched on the guy, kicking and beating him down until the cops show up and make her stop. That lady has my full support and sympathy. If it were me, and my babies were nearly killed because some guy didn't want to go to jail, I'd beat the hell out of him, too!
But police get all of that training to handle situations better than an irate citizen. But I do think if I found that I was coming up on a police chase, I would do my damndest to ram that car & stop that guy. I drive a big-ass heavy truck, and I ain't scared to ram a car. No siree!
What's really shocking are the guys on motorcycles...I mean, you're driving a bike, that can flip wildly and kill you if you hit a rock going 65mph, so for whatever reason, you decide you're going to go 120mph and just take your chances?
Pure Dumbassery.
