Re: Another cop chases/kills rider
It's funny how some people are so anti-cop and think just because they ride a bike the rest of us will agree. If someone is doing something illegal, riding like an idiot, drunk etc.. the cops are going to give chase. It's their job, they need to get that person off the road for others safety. It is that guys fault he was in that situation not theirs.
Now.. for the record, i can speak from first hand experience on this. I was in a police chase in my early 20's. I was young and stupid, driving a muscle car, doing 200+ and luckily i didn't crash and die like this idiot. Long story short i was racing along an empty stretch of the QEW after 2am, a cop was just coming on and merging and saw me blow past and he gave chase, the chase lasted nearly 25 minutes and went off the highway and through side streets, and eventually i went up a dead end road i was cornered with about 20 cop cars on my tail by the end of it. They surrounded my car, guns drawn, dragged me out.. the works.
Now was that their fault? No.. If i had crashed and died would it have been their fault? No.. I should have just pulled over.. Duh! but i panicked and i was young and cocky and full of that 'screw the cops' attitude that many of the younger guys on here seem to have.
Was bitter that i got caught? yes.. but i quickly realized i was lucky. Looking back i am glad i lived past that immature phase and that i didn't kill anyone. I'm glad that they caught me that night and took me off the roads. I had a lengthy suspension from it and heavy fines, and i never did it again.. In short i grew up..