Cause and effect?
First of all, let me state that I do not condone evading the police. I read this story today and it reminded me of a question I’ve had in the past, but never asked. Here is the story/scenario:
An innocent bystander was killed Tuesday morning during a high-speed chase in southeast Houston.
My question is this… would this innocent bystander still be alive had the police not been chasing this person? I know it seems obvious the person committed a crime and must be cited for that crime, but is that citation worth the life of those around the chase? I’m curious what you think. Let me know in the comments section.
2 Responses to “Cause and effect?”
Posted by: cranst - 04/25/2007
Well it looks like HPD has taken notice. Today an article was released discussing Houston Police Department reviewing their policy on chases. See the article here: http://www.khou.com/news/local/stories/khou070424tjchasepolicy.651325c.html.
Posted by: cranst - 11/14/2008
Another example of this:
http://us.cnn.com/video/?/video/us/2008/11/13/von.tx.wrong.way.crash.kprc
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