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It’s not worth the danger of the chase for a traffic violation, and not worth the danger of the chase for the drugs.

    • snooggums@kbin.social
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      1 year ago

      But, if you show me multiple gallon zip lock bags of a controlled substance (regardless of your belief of whether it should be controlled or not) from the arrest… it’s absolutely ‘with intent to distribute’ at that point.

      How did the cops know that was in the car when they escalated a traffic stop for a traffic violation into a high speed chase?

    • A7thStone@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      This time their stupid driving did not cause much damage. Other times that manuever has caused loss of life for those involved and innocent bystanders. Police should not be using pit manuevers at all. They are dangerous even for trained professionals in a controlled environment.

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          1 year ago

          regardless of your opinion about PITs, this very specific situation does not reflect negatively on police

          “Police generally shoulndnt shoot at black kids, but this black kid was a real asshole, so it’s justified.”

          The pigs didnt know what was in the car when they risked the life of the driver and many people around.

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      1 year ago

      “Ends justifies the means”? You’re saying the police risking lives and property over a traffic violation is ok because it worked, and they got lucky with what the guy was carrying?

    • lescher@sh.itjust.works
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      1 year ago

      I guess you just disvovered that most of this super leftist community doesn’t want to adress actual problems but instead jerk eachother off about how evil Police inherintly are. Welcome to lemmy

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      1 year ago

      The article is really short but I don’t see an argument side with what happened here.

      Sounds like the cops were reasonable since they didn’t pursue at all cost. That’s a large issue of mine. Often they pursue at all cost and that’s a no no.