cop racing on the street kills two 19 year olds

[nineball]

can't believe my eyes. keep an eye on the lightpost behind the crash as it happens.


http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/video_speeding_conn_cop_in_killer_46VZsd1vq4waops5 0GDfYO

[NineOhOne]

As Paul Harvey says...the rrrrest of the story:

Teens Were Playing Beer Pong Before Fatal Crash: Warrant

The police officer has been suspended and charged with manslaughter

Updated 10:45 AM EST, Thu, Nov 19, 2009

Ashlie Krakowski and David Servin, were at a 21st birthday party and playing beer pong in the hours before the 19-year-olds were killed in a crash with a police cruiser in Orange, according to an arrest warrant for the party host.

The New Haven Register obtained the arrest warrant for Jaycen Munro, a 21-year-old Milford man who was charged with delivery of liquor to minors and permitting minors to possess liquor on private property during his birthday bash on June 12. The document details what those at the party say happened.
The witness reports vary, from the time Krakowski and Servin arrived to how many beers each drank.
Munro said Krakowski and Servin arrived at around 10:45 p.m. and appeared tipsy when another person drove them to the party, but he said he never saw them drink anything and they seemed to be “sober or sobering up” when they left.

One witness, Michael DeRosa, 20, told police Krakowski and Servin arrived at around 10 p.m. He played beer pong against them and Krakowski and Servin each had to drink a beer or two because she lost, he told police, the warrant states.
Another witness, Jason Plaskowitz, 20, said he arrived at 7 p.m. or 8 p.m. and Krakowski and Servin were already there. In the hour Plaskowitz spoke with Krakowski, she had a beer or two and she and Servin probably had a 12-pack of beer between them.
Jonathan Bartholomay told police he too played beer pong against Servin, who was drinking beer as he was playing.

Toxicology reports have not been released for the two teens, and police have not said whether alcohol played a role in the crash, the Register reports.
The details about the party come days after Milford Police released the chilling video of the crash. It shows Officer Jason Anderson's police car racing by another Milford cruiser at 94 mph early on the morning of June 13, before slamming into the car carrying Krakowski and Servin, both of Orange.
Anderson was suspended with pay from the Milford Police Department, arrested by State Police and charged with manslaughter. He is due in court on Nov. 24.

[cwiert]

I wonder what kind of story these scumbag cops would have concocted if there wasn't video being recorded in the 2nd cruiser. Cops are not above the law...they're just supposed to enforce it.
(BTW - I'm not saying the kids didn't contribute to the accident. maybe/probably they wouldn't have made the left hand turn if their judgment wasn't impaired). It just suks... the whole thing.

[Gogar]

Originally Posted by cwiert

(BTW - I'm not saying the kids didn't contribute to the accident. maybe/probably they wouldn't have made the left hand turn if their judgment wasn't impaired). It just suks... the whole thing.

Maybe, but you gotta admit it's hard to judge the closing distance of a Crown Vic driving a hundred miles an hour down a city street at 2am.

[nineball]

doesn't matter if the kids were drinking or not imo. the cop was easily doing 100 down a public road, no lights or sirens, on his way BACK to the station AFTER a call. no need or excuse to be driving like that under those circumstances.

[porsche4life]

There was a reason. Fresh doughnuts!

[Chaos Theory]

Originally Posted by Gogar

Maybe, but you gotta admit it's hard to judge the closing distance of a Crown Vic driving a hundred miles an hour down a city street at 2am.

agreed. I believe many of us in a completely sober state would have great difficulty, especially since the high rate of speed is not commonplace. I bet that kid made that turn hundreds of times and never had to contend with oncomming traffic travelling at 94mph. (that's over 150km/hr for us metric folks).

[cwiert]

i agree.
i also think that the other cop (the one with the video) is also responsible. How is he at any less fault than the cop that actually got into the accident?

[nineball]

Originally Posted by cwiert

i agree.
i also think that the other cop (the one with the video) is also responsible. How is he at any less fault than the cop that actually got into the accident?

it is hard to make any judgment call on the car that was actually filming and i don't see how you can make this statement. his acceleration/speed never seems to change and it is hard to tell how fast he is actually going. based on what i see in the video aside from possibly speeding i don't see where any laws were broken.

[cwiert]

um, weren't they racing????

[Paul_Heery]

Originally Posted by nineball

...it is hard to tell how fast he is actually going....

The speed of that cruiser is shown on the screen. He tops out at 72 mph. He actually speeds up as the other car comes alongside then passes him.

[nineball]

that is the accusation that i have read, but if they were racing the one filming needs to go to racing school. his speed never seems to change even when the other cop blows by him. i know from my past days of street racing if someone was to fly by me like in the video i would immediately downshift and punch it. if that happened i would think the video would pick it up. to me it looks looks like the cop who caused the accident was "showing off", not really a race.


-edit-

after watching it again and paying attention to the speed he does go from ~50 to eventually top out at 72 but i still don't feel he "punched" it to catch up to the other car. as he was being passed he was already at 65 and only got to 72. i have driven a few police cars in my day and they are quite capable of high rates of acceleration, much more than he is doing in the video. that being said by all means he should be held responsible, but to a lesser charge.

[cwiert]

i just watched the video again. tough to tell...so i see your point. i guess it's possible that the other cop was just being stupid and blowing by his cop friend at 94mph. i'd still like to know the speed of the filming cop. if it was, in fact a drag race, then i think both are responsible, but i guess you can't imply that just from the video.

[berettafan]

F t p.


There needs to be public/transparent oversight with these clowns. Put black boxes in the cars to be reconciled with calls/action taken and PUBLISH the info for the public to review.

Who works for farking who here!

[cwiert]

oh yeah, i see it now. tops out at 72mph.
i live in CT, and have been on that road, RT-1 in Milford (i think). If so, I believe the speed limit is 45. So, assuming that is correct, he's in the wrong too (IMO).

[Paul_Heery]

That stretch of road is in a highly-commercial area. At that intersection is a Best Buy, Lowes, Wendy's, and a bunch of other retail outlets. I believe the speed limit in that area is 35.

[t951]

Cops are 100% at fault.

The fact is that the teenagers did nothing to cause that accident. They were making a legal turn. Why would ANYONE, sober or not, expect a cruiser to be driving at 94mph w/o lights.

I am so tired of reading about how police training allows them to do things. Total crap. These people are supposed to enforce the law, they should be held to a higher standard.

If I was the family I would prosecute this cop in every way possible.

THere should be ZERO tolerance.

The fact that the kids had drinks is a red herring. If it wasn't for the dash cam I am 100% certain that the cops would twist the facts.

[Chaos Theory]

Originally Posted by nineball

that is the accusation that i have read, but if they were racing the one filming needs to go to racing school. his speed never seems to change even when the other cop blows by him. i know from my past days of street racing if someone was to fly by me like in the video i would immediately downshift and punch it. if that happened i would think the video would pick it up. to me it looks looks like the cop who caused the accident was "showing off", not really a race.


-edit-

after watching it again and paying attention to the speed he does go from ~50 to eventually top out at 72 but i still don't feel he "punched" it to catch up to the other car. as he was being passed he was already at 65 and only got to 72. i have driven a few police cars in my day and they are quite capable of high rates of acceleration, much more than he is doing in the video. that being said by all means he should be held responsible, but to a lesser charge.

even still.. If we define 'racing' the way the law defines it when applied to civilians then in many places these two individuals would have their cars impounded, crushed, and they would be charged with a multitude of infractions. Unfortunately I doubt they will ever incur the full wrath of the law.

Originally Posted by Paul_Heery

That stretch of road is in a highly-commercial area. At that intersection is a Best Buy, Lowes, Wendy's, and a bunch of other retail outlets. I believe the speed limit in that area is 35.

so that's about three times the posted speed limit. That officer should never be behind the wheel of a motorized vehicle again.

[David]

I hope the cop's convicted.

I pulled in front of a cop who was doing over a hundred without lights. It was broad daylight, I was stone sober, and I consider myself a very observant driver. You just don't expect a car to be going that fast, without lights, where there are cross streets. That cop gave me a dirty look, but I wish he'd pulled me over so I could have read him the riot act.

BTW, luckily the cop wasn't in the lane I pulled into.

[BlueSkyJaunte]

Originally Posted by Chaos Theory

so that's about three times the posted speed limit. That officer should never be behind the wheel of a motorized vehicle again.

That officer should serve time for negligent homicide, at a minimum.