North Carolina police chase motorcycle without plates, cause wreck that kills mother and child
Mother, son killed after being hit by Hickory officer during police chase
Shamseldin and the passenger in the police vehicle were hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries. Troopers said the passenger was applying to work at the Hickory Police Department.
Why do I get the feeling that our passenger in the cruiser was egging the officer on? Or otherwise encouraging him to engage in the chase that resulted in death.
Cause you know “hey man check this out!”
Mission Accomplished
I hope everyone contacts their representatives and asks for a no-chase law to be created. It should be simple but no-chase should apply to nonviolent crimes. Why you may ask, because the cost is not worth the loss. I'm speaking from experience. Call your local and federal representatives and demand they take action to protect everyone's lives.
fire the police use speed cameras and light cameras cameras will not toss the contents of your vehicle in the mud or cause any deaths to citizens due to lack of proper training lawyer has to go to commit to how many years of learning the discipline of law versus how many months maybe for a cop to learn enough law to enforce it
That is one long run on sentence.
It's a longer sentence than cops get for the most heinous of crimes.
It's a stretch to even call that a sentence.
What’s the answer here? Let anyone who’s willing to run from the police go or just pull over law abiding citizens?
Like most problems, it's all shades of grey. Is a missing plate worth a high speed chase endangering the public, probably not. Did someone kidnap someone and is running from police. Probably yes? Idk, I'm not qualified to answer.
That answer shows that you're more qualified to make this decision than anyone in the Hickory Police Department.
Yeah having no plates required the death penalty.
Of innocent bystanders none the less.
As others have said the same thing it's important to remember why we do things; if we punish those that are driving fast and recklessly because it puts lives in danger than the punishment or the pursuit of justice should not be worse than the offense.
Yes. Bust out those drones and helicopters and follow from the air.
Or let it go.
If catching a criminal will put more innocent lives in danger than letting them go... then yeah, let them go.
If they have plates then you'll id them eventually and you can arrest them later. If they don't, like this case, then too bad. Pretty much anything would have been better than this.
Some cities, such as Denver, have rules that police can't engage in high-speed pursuits. This was enacted because it simply was too dangerous - you end up with innocent motorists, pedestrians, police and the perps often getting injured or killed and cars smashed. So, they simply take note of the description and plates and keep an eye out for them. This does suck because then if someone gets pulled over in a stolen car, they either just don't stop, or stop and then leave once the cop is stopped. Not sure what a better solution is though.
In Australia I think they call the chase off once it enters a suburb or becomes high speed
If memory serves, the police will just charge the motorcyclist with the murder and nothing will happen to the cops that committed the murder.
If they catch them. They're asking the public for information. Just sick.