And we have new laws to thank for this mess…
All of us have been on the road when some moron does something not only incredibly stupid but also super dangerous, only to wonder why cops don’t bust them. If you live in Washington State there’s a good explanation: police are almost powerless to stop criminals as they run away. Many suspects fleeing from law enforcement are behind the wheel of stolen cars, so running the tags won’t lead to a capture.
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Starting in January of 2022, Washington State Patrol says over 900 drivers have just plain not pulled over when troopers tried to stop them. Thanks to new laws passed by the state’s legislature in the wake of cries for defunding the police and scaling back their powers, criminals are taking advantage and ignoring law enforcement. What’s better, the situation is almost guaranteed to get worse.
Outlined in a report from NW News Network, the Puyallup Police Department says 148 suspects fled from officers from July 26, 2021, to May 18, 2022. Chief Scott Engle responded to a question about if that was unusual very much in the affirmative.
Since many of the fleeing drivers are in stolen cars, this is making getting away with car theft even easier. In other words, the list of unintended consequences is growing as one problem feeds another. Who could have ever predicted such a thing?
“Something’s changed. People are not stopping right now,” said Sgt. Darren Wright, a Washington State Patrol spokesperson. “It’s happening three to five times a shift on some nights and then a couple times a week on day shift.”
In one incident outlined by a local news outlet, a state trooper couldn’t do anything as a BMW fled from an attempted traffic stop. Supposedly these new rules are to keep everyone safe, but the suspect was already engaging in dangerous maneuvers before the trooper tried pulling him over, then engaged in even more to ensure he wouldn’t be chased. It’s almost like the law is incentivizing criminals to break the law.
Even more infuriating, these criminals know exactly what they’re doing. Steve Strachan, executive director of the Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs, cited a suspect driving on a suspended license who was being pursued by officers in Redmond. The guy called 911 and told the dispatcher they had to call off the chase because of House Bill 1054. He refused to stop, believing the law was on his side.
There has been an attempt to alter the law, but it fell apart in the state legislature last year. Opponents have cited racial equity, fatalities in pursuits, and police abuse as some of the reasons for keeping the restrictions on law enforcement.
Source: NW News Network
Photos via Washington State Patrol
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This article originally appeared in Motorious. The opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the positions of American Liberty News. Republished with permission.
Steven has loved all things on wheels from an early age. He started off admiring Corvettes and Porsches, but his tastes have grown to include a variety of everything, from classic to modern vehicles.
Somehow this doesn’t surprise me. Steal a car and you get to keep it, strip it and sell off the parts. Because it’s racist to pursue thieves. In the mean time your insurance rates go up because the insurance companies have to pay off. Democrats soft on crime policies and laws have created this monster. If you people in Democrat controlled cities and states had any brains at all there would be a mass exodus from all blue areas. At least if you want to be safe and keep your property. Never mind everything else.
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This has been going on for decades. Successful law suits from bystander injuries. Here & there, then exploded in the 80/90’s. Greedy lawyer’s, selfish people became more important than public safety. New York surrendered in the 60’s when Mayor announced; Get locks, get bars & don’t get involved.
An injured “bystander” & witnesses claimed they all saw. An emergency vehicle (cop car) with its emergency lights on & could hear the emergency siren on. Just before the injured “bystander” decided she could cross the road before the cop car could cross her road. And BAM, a fleeing criminal ahead of the cop car smashed into her at an excess of 100 mph.
Doesn’t matter a “bystander” fully ignored road laws of yielding to emergency vehicle’s. From a dead stop at a 4 way intersection. A “bystander” sees a cop car with lights & siren on coming toward the cross intersect. Then decides the cop car is the only worry & proceeds to cross the road. Jury rewards her with “the people’s” money.
More cost effective NOT to warn people of danger or attempt to remove dangerous people. It’s been common “intellect” since the 80’s. Police involvement increases injuries. As that old question go’s, How’s that working for everyone?.
Truly innocent bystander’s are very tragic indeed. Their loss is NOT in vain to principle’s that save many more lives. Jack Pot justice does more harm than good, injury risk doubles from two levels. More free to do the crime & more people seeking jack pot justice. Both far too willing to risk other people’s lives for personal enjoyment.
Gosh, who ever could have predicted that holding no one personally responsible for their criminal activities would have resulted in ignoring the law? Well, no one other than Progressive Socialist MORONS, that is. But hey, the good folks of Washington state keep voting them into office…so anarchy must be what they want, right?
So, what do you think the consequences will be with Lie-beral Demonocrat policies? What have they been in the past ?! Demonocrats are not qualified to run our country but they DO know how to run it into the ground !