Same thing happened in at my work place. Some kid was drunk, being chased by cops, and crashed his car into the building next to my work. Car caught on fire, he burned alive. They claim he had gotten away from them and they saw nothing, as it was reported by people driving past as in your case, but there were holes in there story and evidence of the contrary. My boss had disconnected the front cameras a bit prior and hadn’t gotten around to reconnecting them, unfortunately, so we’ll never know :(
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apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world 2 months agoYes, it was 3 AM. They went out of their way to say that oit wasn’t their fault because it was not a high speed chase. Despite the police vehicle pursuing at the same speed but one tenth of a mile behind until about a quarter mile away. The kids plow into the house and the cop turns off the lights at that point and drove right past it. Stating they didnt see it. It was under a street light. The camera would have proven they slowed down to look at it. The cops didn’t do anything or report it. It wasnt until people walked by and happened to see the car at 6:30 am and called 911 did anyone show up. Fuck police.
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Neato@ttrpg.network 2 months ago
Unfortunately, most of that (lying, chasing, not reporting a crash) isn’t actually illegal (for pigs). Police have a stupid amount of leeway from the law.
Really, it should be illegal at the state level in every state to chase people. I’ve lived in a city where the PD had that: police could not chase; they’d just find them later.
apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I can agree upon the police having leeway, or in other words, accountable to no one. My city has an ordinance against high speed police pursuit. At the state level, there is a high degree of police liability built into jurisprecedent for high speed chases. In other words, fuck the police.