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Yeah, I'm such a dick! ![]() OH HOW SWEET THE IRONY OF THIS THREAD!!! ![]()
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Thus why I started my post about seeing the dash cam video and used terms in capital letters like IF TRUE.
If the bikers are at fault it still doesn't make all bikers bad and if the officer is at fault it doesn't make all LEO's bad. ![]() |
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Meh.
I stand by my defense of cops in general, even if it was misplaced in this instance. ![]() If we aren't willing to let them prove themselves as individuals, we're no better than the cops who see all motorcyclists as outlaws.
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Same thread:
EYEWITNESS: I was driving home with Rentongal on 405 and we saw the pack of approx 30 motorcyclists with 5-10 of them popping wheelies and staying up on one wheel in three lanes of traffic while they were driving with cars all around them. We couldn't believe our eyes and knew that an accident was going to happen because of it. Rentongal told me that she had seen the trooper off the highway right before we saw the motorcyclists so we were hoping they would get busted before someone got killed. They were driving extremely recklessly so the cop had to do something before more help could come. Yes, he probably shouldn't have gone on a high speed chase but the whole story wasn't told about what these cyclists were doing before the chase. We saw the pack of 30 motorcycles right before they passed the police car. They were doing wheelies at high speeds accross all 3 lanes of traffic! I'm all for a good adrenaline rush, but when I FREQUENTLY see the crotch rockets fly down the freeway on one wheel in the middle of rush hour...can you say "death wish" for themselves or the car they hit when the wipe out on the freeway?? No one can expect the cop to just sit there and do nothing as they passed him. Although, if he was "leading the group" at a very low speed down the freeway (the part I didn't see) and not allowing them to pass, I'm not sure what he was expecting to accomplish. What did he intend to do once they were following him? For the cyclests to turn around and taunt the officer after his car had flipped is tastless and childish. Sounds like there was a lot of testosterone flowing and egos that got in the way! I doubt we will get the real story |
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There is ALWAYS 3 sides to a story. Simple fact.
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I am sure the group was being idiots, a group of bikers are almost always being idiots. I am sure the cop shouldn't of chased, get the tag and let them go. Pick the dude up when he is whacking off at home by his computer. No one gets hurt.
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True and true
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