Two dead after police chase of motorcyclist

[Marmoot]

Originally posted by Kwaka-Kid
marmoot i kinda agree with you

[bikerboy]

...."in my opinion they did perfect"....

Right, only two people dead, but at least they caught the speeder!

[Kwaka-Kid]

they caught him? no they got him killed.. even better

okay i am sorry that it was an innocent girl, i honestly would put myself in that seat instead of her any day of the week.. and no i dont exactly have a death wish as such, jsut a, i dunno, why be scared of it? life aint all that great really, its highly overrated... not enough riding/racing can be done to satisfy needs.

[marty]

quote from the herald today.....


"Making his comments about the police, Mr Atkins (Whangarei Coroner) said he was equally concerned that more emphasis had not been placed on Mr Brunton's actions, which were the prime cause of the accident."


don't forget to read the whole article before you lay blame.....

[MikeL]

Originally posted by Kwaka-Kid
life aint all that great really, its highly overrated...

Hey Logan you don't really believe that, do you? Have you been listening to too much heavy metal? What else is there to compare it to? "You are born, you die... Life is cheap, pointless, futile (we're all going to die sooner or later)"...? Crap.
Live. Enjoy. Exult.
Don't despise a unique gift.

[MikeL]

And, I would add, that nothing that has come to light recently has made me change my mind about the moral responsibility of the police in this matter. The fact that the biker was stoned and carrying a firearm provides some sort of retrospective justification in their view. Did they know this when they started the chase?
And did they deliberately lie about whether the chase had been called off, or was it just a terminological inexactitude?
And did someone really say that the police are really gutted when they get the call to stop a pursuit because "every one loves a chase"?

I promised I wouldn't say any more about this case. Ignore the above.

[Lou Girardin]

I was wondering when this thread would restart.
The report of the coroners hearing said that the first Police car pulled out of the chase when he lost his brakes. The second, a dog van, was ordered to pull out and didn't. He said he thought his dog might be needed! The third car pulled out in front of the bike, an instant before the accident. The driver said that she didn't think the order to terminate applied to her and her partner said he 'forgot' to turn off the flashers.
The biker had dope and amphetamines in his blood, but no-one has said how long before he had taken it or if it was enough to affect him.
As for the gun, maybe he was going to do some rabbit shooting. We don't know, because no - one is asking. But it makes for a 'sexy' story for the media, doesn't it.
Whangarei cops have had a reputation for a few years now for stretching the boundaries, this time they've gone bit far and been caught.
For all that, everyone involved in this debacle is guilty, except for the girl and that didn't do her much good.
Lou