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

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

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It is always sad to lose someone in your community. The Oculus Rift seems like a pretty cool invention and hope things turn out well.

What do you even say when stuff like this happens? He was a developer and in a way we never know when each of us will meet our ends.

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

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I usually don't feel anything when I hear of a innocent person dying on the news, but maybe because he's involved in tech, I too am very angry.

Why does the police have to chase anyway? Why can't they just identify the car and silently follow it until it stops. Damn it.

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I usually don't feel anything when I hear of a innocent person dying on the news, but maybe because he's involved in tech, I too am very angry. Why does the police have to chase anyway? Why can't they just identify the car and silently follow it until it stops. Damn it.

Because it's more fun for them if they chase. Really, very rarely should it make sense for cops to endanger countless civilian lives to catch a criminal.

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

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I usually don't feel anything when I hear of a innocent person dying on the news, but maybe because he's involved in tech, I too am very angry. Why does the police have to chase anyway? Why can't they just identify the car and silently follow it until it stops. Damn it.

Because it's more fun for them if they chase. Really, very rarely should it make sense for cops to endanger countless civilian lives to catch a criminal.

More fun? Imagine you're a cop chasing the car running though several red lights. That would be terrifying.
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