Police Cruiser takes out motorcycle

[cambridgedan]

stuff it im not doing a bike ride trip across america !!!
Auzzi would be better i think, and no need for thermals
might get a cheap deal if the swine flu media stuff keeps up

[Mikkel]

The measures of law enforcement must match the severity of the offense. Unless said biker was actively endangering other motorists it is absolutely unacceptable to risk his life and mobility by bumping him off the bike.

And no, doing 250+ km/h on an American interstate is not actively endangering other people. Just wait for the biker to run out of petrol and then throw the book at him.

The mentality of some people really puts the shit up me, if such facist tendencies were ever to become the mainstream mentality we'd be royally fucked...

[jono035]

Given the number of videos of US cops and 'accidental discharges' of their firearms, it's pretty scary to think of cops pulling their guns out for any reason other than self defence, and that 'stopping the guy getting away' would be a standard and acceptable alternative gives me the willies...

[MarkH]

I was hoping the officer was going to be charged with something. But no, the TV show keeps talking like he's a hero or something for stopping the speeding rider.

In the US? More likely the cop would get sued for $5+ million!

[breakaway]

Must have been a piss poor rider. A good rider wouldn't let the cruiser get close enough to knock him off.