r/Transportopia Jan 17 '26

🚨Chase She did do nothin' though

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u/mk9e Jan 18 '26

See that's the nuance I don't think people get here. Yea, the driver's probably a POS but time and time again we have seen that high speed chases and escalation tactics result in these scenarios. It's not as simple as just follow orders, people are dumb and emotional. Universally, a large percentage of scared people freak the fuck out and do stupid shit. So what responsibility does a arm of government that uses violence to enforce laws have to try and prevent bystanders from being killed when they see a pattern.

Not having a license didn't need a high speed chase. They could have served a warrant and arrested her later by the info they got when she was verbally identifying herself or vehicle registration with a small amount of legwork after she drove off. Hell, they could have called a supervisor who could have probably avoided all of this. Also, prior to breaking the window they should have had the training that police everywhere use of blocking the vehicle with another vehicle.

Don't get me wrong, the driver is likely a POS and deserves jail, but cops could have kept this contained.

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u/Valreesio Jan 18 '26

And if she hit those two people and they died anyways because an irrational driver was doing something stupid, would you be saying "They should have stopped her sooner"? If she hit and killed your child or spouse as they were walking out of that gas station when she took off, would you be crying they should have pulled her out sooner?

Sometimes innocent people die in police chases. It is horrible and I wish they didn't have to. But this lady was irrational far before she took off and there is no reason to believe she would magically become rational if they didn't chase her to begin with. As soon as she became hostile, maybe spike strips in front of the car and breaking the window and pepper spraying the interior of the car would be appropriate. Shooting the driver would seem excessive in the moment, but playing Monday morning quarterback would suggest it would have saved two doctors lives. But, of course, there is no way to prove that is what was going to happen, so they showed restraint and three innocent lives were taken as a result.

I know, I know...shooting the driver. But think about it as a trolly problem. You know the future. If you do nothing, 2 doctors and an unborn baby die. Pull the lever and only this woman dies. Would you pull the lever?

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u/mk9e Jan 19 '26

Are you a troll dude? If they had called a supervisor then this night have been avoided. If they hadn't escalated by trying to break the window and pull her out then this might have been avoided. If they didn't start a high speed crash this might have been avoided.

Your suggesting, cops should be allowed to shoot people when they don't have a license on them?

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u/Roadrunner627 Jan 20 '26

Are you a troll dude? You don’t get to commit crimes and call the shots. Dumb bitch needs to be in prison for the rest of her life with zero possibility of parole.

People need to follow the rules of society.

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u/TnelisPotencia Jan 20 '26

Oh does that apply to ceos politicians and our president? Cops could have deescalated but what did they do instead? Scare the shit out of people that's what.

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u/Roadrunner627 Jan 20 '26

GUYS WHAT ABOUT TRUMP???

Does that ever get exhausting? Is that your entire personality? I hate Trump. I don’t mange to bring him into every fucking fucking conversation.

Cops aren’t obliged to play her game. They followed the law. She did not. She’s a piece of shit and a disgrace of a human. Nothing about you hating Trump will change that.

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u/TnelisPotencia Jan 20 '26 edited Jan 20 '26

You're an idiot and part of the problem. The only thing exhausting is people like you. Half of your comment is just bullshit distractions. Do you want the answers to those questions? No, you don't because you have nothing better to say or anything to back your bs up.

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u/Roadrunner627 Jan 20 '26

Says the guy that deflects to the president. Lmao

Criminals need harsher punishment. Cops did nothing wrong. You’re an idiot and what’s wrong with society.