That's what happens when a government gives rights to it's citizens to own guns!
Oculus Rift co-founder killed by gang trying to escape police
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#102Earlier quoted context omitted.
According to the article they killed a police officer and ran, if you don't pursue them how are you going to catch them? Aftersll, they did murder someone, and apparently they had warrants, so it seems reasonable to assume we dont want them out running around anymore as they sre likely to commit more fiolent crimes. Furthermore, if have a policy to not pursue, then every criminal is always going to run. The fault is…
Is it feasible to just track them from above with a helicopter? That would reduce the number of speeding cars on the road at least.
It is, but it takes time for the helicopter to get off the ground and show up, and if you don't chase them in the meantime they will likely get away.
I am curious what the average response time is for a police helicopter though.
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#103That's what happens when a government gives rights to it's citizens to own guns!
That is what happens when a government gives rights to it's citizens to own cars and have freedom of movement.
He was hit by a car.
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#104After watching police chases on TV my whole life, I really want to know: What's the logical strategy in a police chase? Just keep driving after each other? It risks the lives of hundreds living and walking in the path of the chase all for the sake of punishing 1 or 2 individuals. It just doesn't seem to add up to me. What a shame we lost someone so brilliant for nothing.
In New Zealand the police adopted a (highly-publicised) policy of not continuing to chase people who drive away at high speed due to the danger it poses to the public, when it is trivial to just go round to their house the next day and arrest them. The consequences of this have been as follows:
1) Now everybody runs when stopped by Police. OK, not everybody, but the rate has probably tripled.
2) After the police give up the chase, a member of the public is almost invariably killed at an intersection within 30s, since the offender is still driving at high speed but there are no longer any lights and sirens to warn the public.
3) Everyone - Police, media, politicians, the public - is genuinely confused as to why this keeps happening.
Basically, you can't win :(
Re: Oculus Rift co-founder killed by gang trying to escape police
#105That's what happens when a government gives rights to it's citizens to own guns!
*cars
Re: Oculus Rift co-founder killed by gang trying to escape police
#106This is sad. Condolences to the friends and family. I do hope that this won't kill the momentum behind the Oculus Rift - seems like amazing piece of tech and will be sad to be lost because of that.
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#107This is sad. Condolences to the friends and family. I do hope that this won't kill the momentum behind the Oculus Rift - seems like amazing piece of tech and will be sad to be lost because of that.
Unfortunate choice of words...
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#108And they even let the driver recover in a hospital, at tax payers expense. And of course no mention of the officers name.
> And of course no mention of the officers name.
I'm guessing you think a police officer was killed, because of the ambiguous (I would say misleading) wording of the article. Or are you saying you want the name of the officer that killed Gerardo Diego Ayala?
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#109Earlier quoted context omitted.
Police in the US are notorious for causing chases in dangerously crowded areas and endangering innocents. So much so they had to pass laws to make it illegal for police to do chases in many cities/situations to stop them. http://www.pursuitsafety.org/ http://kristieslaw.org/ http://abcnews.go.com/US/police-chases-california-injured-10... More bystanders are injured or killed during high-speed police chases than by st…
> Nationally, it's estimated nearly 300 people die each year as a result of high speed police chases. That's a huge number. I'd love to know how many of those 300 are innocent bystanders. The fact that people involved in the chase (i.e. those running away) lose their lives seems like it's part of the risk.
They don't count those - they don't even count the baby that was in the SUV one guy stole and it flew out of the window during the police chase.
Re: Oculus Rift co-founder killed by gang trying to escape police
#110Earlier quoted context omitted.
According to the article they killed a police officer and ran, if you don't pursue them how are you going to catch them? Aftersll, they did murder someone, and apparently they had warrants, so it seems reasonable to assume we dont want them out running around anymore as they sre likely to commit more fiolent crimes. Furthermore, if have a policy to not pursue, then every criminal is always going to run. The fault is…
The way I read it, gang member Gerardo Diego Ayala was killed by a police officer. Then Victor Sanchez and 2 unidentified subjects fled the scene in a car. It's unclear what "officer involved shooting" means, but that's how I took it...
That is what "officer involved shooting" normally means — a cop shot them.