Oculus Rift co-founder killed by gang trying to escape police

Post by tnohtyp » Sat, Jun 01, 2013, 6:36 AM UTC

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How can we even judge? The police back off often when they sense that a chase is too dangerous, they make a judgement call. Sometimes they don't have perfect information however, and shit just happens. It is not like the movies. I'm sure the officers involved are second guessing their behavior now, its not like people die every day like this. But really, its a tough job, we aren't really in a position to judge.

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…

Post by kevincrane » Sat, Jun 01, 2013, 6:41 AM UTC

tnohtyp wrote: post #81

ChrisNorstrom wrote: post #74

After 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.

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…

Post by soheil » Sat, Jun 01, 2013, 6:45 AM UTC

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Just because he wrote some code that was used so widely doesn't make him more significant than a janitor who cleans after you, or the "gang" member who was evading the brutal cops for a chance for his freedom. The sooner we realize people are equal because they're human fucking beings the greater hope for humanity to avoid its imminent demise.

What makes someone more significant, then? What's your measure? People aren't equal, you can't make it so by saying it. The man who died was more significant than the man who killed him.

Post by [deleted] » Sat, Jun 01, 2013, 6:50 AM UTC

soheil wrote: post #66

haydenevans wrote: post #19

Just terrible :( Why does it always seem like the worst and most insignificant wastes of human beings always take away great ones?

Just because he wrote some code that was used so widely doesn't make him more significant than a janitor who cleans after you, or the "gang" member who was evading the brutal cops for a chance for his freedom. The sooner we realize people are equal because they're human fucking beings the greater hope for humanity to avoid its imminent demise.

Post by jpgvm » Sat, Jun 01, 2013, 6:51 AM UTC

soheil wrote: post #86

sejje wrote: post #75

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What makes someone more significant, then? What's your measure? People aren't equal, you can't make it so by saying it. The man who died was more significant than the man who killed him.

It's like asking what makes 5 greater than 5. Humans are all significant simply because they have rational minds and are rational beings. A human being cannot impose on others a value or worthiness, because we are rational beings and have independent minds. As you probably have noticed by now this is not me saying these things, it's from Immanuel Kant. I found these lectures on the topic absolutely amazing to watch:…