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mowotlarx t1_j8f8c4j wrote

Does anyone know why NYPD decided to chase after the U-Haul on the sidewalk? I thought car chases were prohibited on the street, not to mention the sidewalk. Anyone have insight? Sounds like a dangerous blunder on their part.

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LIGHT_COLLUSION t1_j8ffj55 wrote

If the NYPD are chasing a truck that keeps running people over, I want them to chase that thing till the wheels come off.

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k1lk1 t1_j8fb3to wrote

Yes, let's figure out a way to pin this on NYPD.

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mowotlarx t1_j8fbq6n wrote

You think NYPD should have pursued a high speed chase on the sidewalks?

This is their job. They absolutely deserve shit when they do something stupid and dangerous.

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ripstep1 t1_j8fs6hi wrote

Yeah this guys should have just been allowed to run over people in perpetuity until he decided to stop.

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mowotlarx t1_j8fvkyu wrote

I mean, that's literally what he did. Chasing him on the sidewalks didn't stop him. It just put people in even more danger.

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ripstep1 t1_j8g6xpz wrote

You are cool with a guy running over people completely uninhibited until he runs out of gas or his axel tears off?

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stork38 t1_j8hyvr6 wrote

"Sounds like a dangerous blunder on their part." he says, while wiping Cheeto dust from his chin and pondering leaving his basement apartment for the first time in 17 days

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ER301 t1_j8fynn6 wrote

My guess is the police officer will be reprimanded. Highly doubtful that’s what they’re trained to do in that situation.

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s317sv17vnv t1_j8iihfb wrote

Pretty sure driving a U-haul on the sidewalk is prohibited, but sure let's blame the NYPD for this one.

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mowotlarx t1_j8ikq24 wrote

You're trying real hard to not understand the issue. What did chasing them on the sidewalk do except put more people in danger? They didn't catch them by driving up on the sidewalk which they're not supposed to do. I'm pretty sure high speed chases are prohibited here. They didn't catch him until he got out of the tunnel in Red Hook. So what they did was incredibly stupid, dangerous, and useless.

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