http://208.185.54.25/wm.gannett/wxia/meeks_082304.wmv

crazy video 100 mph pit maneuver
omg

 

that was a georgia cop that did that.

Man that's freaking rediculous..yeah take a very dangerous driver off the road. but that is absolutely the wrong situation for performing that maneuver. There is now possible way that suv would have come to rest safely. It was either hit the trees...go into oncoming traffic...or flip.

should have used the power of that vehicle to get in front of them and slow them down.
Or freakin communiticated with the SC cops and boxed them in.

that was a very poorly executed chase. I mean...no forward communication. no team work. No nothing. If they were gonna do that they should have just let her go.



sorry...but that is some crap. I hope they fired that cop and I hope the family files a suit.

 

exactly, they should have tried to box her in, the Pitt manuver should be considered use of deadly force and follow the rules of using deadly force

 

What's so ridiculous? Someone who obviously had no respect for the law or the safety of others around them led cops on a high speed chase for 60 miles. Finally a cop with enough *****, skill and opportunity, took the criminal out. And it seems may have saved tax payers thousands of dollars that would have been spent prosecuting and housing the criminal.

Maybe if people didn't think they'd get away with running from the cops int he first place, they wouldn't try so often.


Or should we have waited till they plowed into a family car?

 

Ever heard of Stop Sticks, might have been nice if they tried them before the PIT. I generally side with the police in things like this but this situation seems like it could have been handled better.

 

If someone is going to run from the cops on the freeway at over a 100mph through traffic they should expect to get seriously hurt or seriously dead.

 

60 miles should be plenty of time to coordinate a team work maneuver that doesn't endanger all the other driver's on the road. By executing that maneuver, at that speed, the cop is showing no respect for the safety of others.
Of course, I agree with you that the cop saved some tax payer money. Running from the cops is just stupid.

 

oh come on now, we all know that a 20 yr old girl is no threat to 3 cops, if anything she was scared she had some weed in her car so she flipped and panic'd..

executing the pit manuever in that situation was a HUGE mistake....2 dead teenagers over nothing, they should have just kept persueing her till she gave up because that would have been the case, they could also BLOCK OFF the GODDAMN freeway so no other cars could be involved...

im sorry but that was ridiculous and the cop should be fired

 

I'm with Krinkov on this one, at that speed the Pitt maneuver is (mis)use of deadly force.

Here in CA they wouldn't have chased her up to those speeds for long before they'd have dispatched a helicopter and some spike strips.

What if they'd backed off, stayed after her at a more reasonable pace and clamped down when she stopped for gas or something?

She might not have been very thoughtful about it but she had enough respect for the law that she knew she shouldn't get caught driving with a suspended license, and after a full half hour near triple digits nobody was hurt, so "no respect....for the safety of others" doesn't apply to her as much as I think it does to that cop who pulled a maneuver that really shouldn't be tried at speeds much above 50-55, and even then only in an effort to stop a felon or end a "clear and present danger" situation.

Its really a tragedy 2 kids had to die because of driving with a suspended licence and a lame attempt at resisting arrest.

Then again if the stupid girl had ever watched "worlds scariest police chases" she'd have known you can't get away with that sh**.

Darwin's theory of natural selection in action I guess.....

 

running is stupid. yeah the driver of that car is stupid. blah blah.

my point is...that if they were "doing" their job...to protect and serve...even criminals....they could have stopped that car without using the force they did. They made no attempt to clear the roadway. No attempt to use spike strips/stop stick. box in. etc.

The pit move is a low speed maneuver and in a situation where you are going over 100mph and the person you are chasing is in an suv that should be considered a deadly move. Not to mention....if she had counter steered or took a different hop or something she could have went right into oncoming traffic.

as for being highly skilled...it doesn't take much skill to do that..shoot I did it to someone on the track at lemans cause they would move..even when blue flagged..haa.

just rediculous....

as for no mercy...what about the canadian sniper that took out that dude holding the girl hostage this week....just bam..head shot...done. no 12 hour standoff.

 

you also have to think what was going on in the cops head. what would you do in that situation with that much stress. i don't think anyone of you would have thought about any of the things you are talking about. plus what are you thinking going 100 mph in a suv anyway.

 

You worried about tax payers thousands? Howe about the tax payers MILLIONS that Georgia will have to settle with the family of the teenager that was killed in the passenger seat??? Dont believe me? Look up why many states like New Jersey wont even engage in high speed chases anymore, the inevitable ensuing injuries and lawsuits become an even bigger headache than the cost of prosicution and incarceration.

But thats not the real issue. I have absolutley no problem with the use of deadly force, it just need to be defined. Pitt manuvers at high speeds cannot be considered non-lethal force, period. Example, if their willing to use lethal force to stop a high speed chase they can just drive next them and shoot them in the head with a shotgun. My point being just that if they are not willingto use lethal force to stop a high speed chase than they should not attempt the pitt manuver, thats all

 

That's some ignorant southerners for ya (I mean the cops).
1. The passenger in the vehicle was completely innocent and didn't deserve to die.
2. The cops had no information on the driver (one prior offense) when they killed her and the passenger.
3. What if there was a clean-up crew or something on the side of the road there- or what if the car went into oncoming traffic?

I hope that cop is proud he ended those two lives

 

Such bull****, I hope there will be a lawsuit involved.

 

That's not a worry ... the cop hit the suv from the right, so the suv swirved to the right side of the road into the trees.