Former prosecutor argues for Chicago police to be able to pursue criminal suspects – Center Square

“If you just have this blanket statement that you’re not going to pursue people, that just gives the bad guys a head’s up and it’s going to cause bad behavior. If the bad guys know they could be pursued until the end then their behavior is going to reflect that’s the reality. It has to be based upon the facts on the ground as the officer sees them," state Sen. Steve McClure said.
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Mr Penguino
2 years ago

As long as Senator McClure and the Illinois legislature pays the eventual multi million lawsuit payouts, indemnifiys any officers involved and no criminal charges against officers that sounds like a good idea.

debtsor
2 years ago
Reply to  Mr Penguino

Correct. Cook County juries will award people tens of millions of dollars even when the police don’t hurt anybody, even though it was 100% the fault of the speeding criminal fleeing an arrest. Cook County juries nearly always find the police to be at fault and award insane sums of money to injured people.

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