[BGB] Fleeing suspect sues when police leave him quadraplegic

[DSeanBarnett at aol.com]

In a message dated 4/30/2007 11:53:02 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
arius at vmsgames.com writes:

So this  19 year old kid takes police on a high-speed chase into a mall 
parking  lot.  He rams one police car and gets back on the highway.  Finally,  a 
deputy rams the Caddy, which has been going up to 100mph on the wrong side  of 
the road.  He is left paralyzed and sues the police for unreasonable  use of 
force.  

The case makes it to the Supreme Court.  

Score one for the cops:  
http://edition.cnn.com/2007/LAW/04/30/scotus.chase/index.html 

Frankly,  I think the story ended just like it should. 



Seems right to me.  I'm surprised about the Stevens  dissent.  He's liberal, 
but usually not unreasonably so.
 
Sean  
dseanbarnett at aol.com



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