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Originally Posted by Jeff Higgins

At its simplest level, you are correct. At a higher level, the one most of us care about, Shaun is correct.

Unfortunately, blaming the cop also turns this into "our new policy is that if the chase goes over 90 mph or into oncoming lanes, we will not chase" which means that every dumbass in the world will then immediately do exactly that so they can get away with it.

Again, too easy to say "let them go" when you know all of the details after the fact. How about this video turns into a new story, where the kid takes off, the cop lets them, and then over the course of the next 4-6 hours, the 16yo and two 12yo girls go on an armed robbery spree where they shoot a half a dozen people at various gas stations. Then everyone would be screaming "the cop had a chance to stop them!"