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UpInArms (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 12:02 PM Original message |
Car fleeing Calif. police hits pickup, killing 7 |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 12:07 PM Response to Original message |
1. Car fleeing, gun shoots... |
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raystorm7 (944 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 12:13 PM Response to Original message |
2. I'm curious as to how long the cops let this chase last. Tragic all around regardless. |
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Mudoria (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 12:23 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Probably long enough for the news copters to make the scene |
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tsotsi (1 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 01:39 PM Response to Reply #2 |
16. I'm curious as to how long the cops let this chase last. Tragic all around regardless. |
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Chemisse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 05:51 PM Response to Reply #16 |
32. NBC news said it was a stolen car n/t |
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Garbo 2004 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 03:26 PM Response to Reply #2 |
23. Approx 4 miles from where local police tried to stop car to accident scene, per LA Times. |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 12:15 PM Response to Original message |
3. At least 3 of those kids should have been in child safety seats. |
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enlightenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 12:24 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. In the back . . . |
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atreides1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 01:55 PM Response to Reply #5 |
18. If there is blame |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 12:24 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. And their truck probably wasn't even soft enough to keep the other driver safe! |
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sybylla (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 12:50 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. It's not blaming the victims |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 12:55 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. There isn't enough information to rant at ANY cops |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 01:02 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. Really. |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 01:08 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. I still don't see one syllable in your post about the car that caused the wreck |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 01:28 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. I didn't say anything about the fleeing car nor the police. |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 08:35 PM Response to Reply #14 |
46. Both parents are alive with moderate injuries. |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 06:07 PM Response to Reply #6 |
71. This is a simple fact of both driving and parenting: you have to plan for other people's stupidity. |
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ejpoeta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 01:31 PM Response to Reply #3 |
15. you'd be surprised. i don't see it as often as i used to, but I do still see kids |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 01:49 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. It outrages me to see kids not buckled up. |
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ejpoeta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 03:15 PM Response to Reply #17 |
22. I agree. You never know what could happen... No matter how safe a driver you are. |
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bejamin wood (62 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 06:28 PM Response to Reply #17 |
72. Oh dear |
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Tx4obama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 05:01 PM Response to Reply #3 |
29. There are lot of poor people in the USA |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 05:54 PM Response to Reply #29 |
33. If you can't fit your kids in your car and cannot secure them |
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Tx4obama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 06:09 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. That is just crazy! |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 06:21 PM Response to Reply #36 |
39. You do not have the "right" to endanger your children. nt |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 05:40 PM Response to Reply #36 |
70. Now we know a bit more about the physics of car crashes. |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 12:19 AM Response to Reply #33 |
53. If you live in a country that refuses to pay its |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 07:51 AM Response to Reply #53 |
55. Once again, you do not have the "right" to endanger your |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 09:41 AM Response to Reply #33 |
56. Beggin your pardon |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 09:45 AM Response to Reply #56 |
57. Not surprising.. |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 05:31 PM Response to Reply #33 |
68. Absofuckinglutely. |
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Realityhack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 02:42 PM Response to Reply #29 |
65. That is not a valid excuse for breaking the law... |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 05:34 PM Response to Reply #29 |
69. Either buy a van (old used ones are cheap,) stay home or not have five kids they couldn't afford to |
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Tx4obama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 05:03 PM Response to Reply #3 |
30. How can any COUNTRY of sound mind... |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 09:07 PM Response to Reply #3 |
50. That's true, but I wonder if the family felt like they had no such option. |
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Le Taz Hot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 07:09 AM Response to Reply #3 |
54. They were in the BED |
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Realityhack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 02:38 PM Response to Reply #54 |
64. Absolutely. |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 05:28 PM Response to Reply #3 |
67. That still wouldn't work. |
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tomreedtoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 12:45 PM Response to Original message |
7. Posters, you should be ashamed of yourselves... |
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ohio2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 01:04 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. normally, posters blame the fascist organization that forced the issue in the first place |
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tomreedtoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 01:57 PM Response to Reply #11 |
19. My very point. SOME police do their jobs. |
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tabasco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 02:52 PM Response to Reply #11 |
20. Do you have a link to a post like the one you describe with the speeding ticket? |
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Chemisse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 05:58 PM Response to Reply #20 |
35. Yeah, I was wondering where the link was for that also n/t |
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name not needed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 02:59 PM Response to Reply #7 |
21. Agreed. |
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Garbo 2004 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 03:38 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. Dinuba police in chase. Not CHP. Looks like CHP doing the crash investigaton. nt |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 03:53 PM Response to Reply #7 |
27. !!!!!! |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 10:09 AM Response to Reply #7 |
58. No, most posters assume, with good cause, that most police chases |
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Hansel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 01:22 PM Response to Original message |
13. There is no excuse for chasing a vehicle for a traffic infraction |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 03:37 PM Response to Reply #13 |
24. Why should the cops not chase them? |
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Chemisse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 05:55 PM Response to Reply #24 |
34. I think they need to weigh the risks |
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Hansel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 08:13 PM Response to Reply #24 |
42. The risk of injuring or killing bystanders is far greater than |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 08:28 PM Response to Reply #42 |
44. Your Husband's friend's sister is dead because an asshole ran from the cops. |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 03:49 PM Response to Reply #13 |
26. I agree. How will you convince suspects to stop and move to the side, peaceably? |
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Chemisse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 06:12 PM Response to Reply #26 |
38. Why bother? |
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Hansel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 08:05 PM Response to Reply #26 |
41. I wouldn't. I would meet them at home. |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 08:25 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. Yea but if the car is stolen, then the license plate is not going |
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Realityhack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-13-09 10:32 AM Response to Reply #41 |
73. It must be nice to live in a world where... |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 08:37 PM Response to Reply #13 |
47. Seriously. Could they not have gotten the plate number |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 08:38 PM Response to Reply #47 |
48. Send it to whom? Sounds like this was a stolen or a carjacked car. |
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Libertas1776 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 04:25 PM Response to Original message |
28. I have seen |
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Chemisse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 06:10 PM Response to Reply #28 |
37. I don't have stats but a lot of these people racing away from the cops |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 06:41 PM Response to Reply #37 |
61. Yes their ages are under 19 years old. |
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wundermaus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 05:40 PM Response to Original message |
31. there are other options to chasing cars... |
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orbitalman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 07:33 PM Response to Original message |
40. SUPID ASSES... |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 08:42 PM Response to Reply #40 |
49. Oh I thought you meant the person who murdered 7 people |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 08:29 PM Response to Original message |
45. Bummer |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 09:24 PM Response to Original message |
51. How horrible |
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Garbo 2004 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 10:49 PM Response to Original message |
52. One local article says Dinuba police had ended the pursuit prior to the crash. |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 06:34 PM Response to Reply #52 |
60. Yea I frankly don't think police is to blame here. |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 01:30 PM Response to Original message |
59. The fifth child has died |
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Chemisse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 08:21 PM Response to Reply #59 |
62. OMG that is sad n/t |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 11:33 AM Response to Original message |
63. Shameful.How can cops justify this? |
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kiva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 03:01 PM Response to Reply #63 |
66. Probably the same way you can justify commenting on an |
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Realityhack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-13-09 10:33 AM Response to Reply #66 |
74. Ding! n/t |
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