From: Gary Britt 

So they got one right.  You have a problem with this ruling.  It was 8 to 1
wasn't it?  Nothing unusual, it merely says that the lives of fleeing
felons are not as valuable to society as the lives of the innocent they
threaten to kill with their illegal behavior.  Running is illegal, all the
traffic laws they break while running are illegal, the underlying reason
why they are running is illegal.  They voluntarily waive their right to be
kept safe from harm by endangering others with the criminal/illegal
behavior.

The idiot relatives of the felon had sued for MONEY, and the Supremes said
we don't reward felons because they get hurt during the commission of their
crimes.  Nothing surprising except the people who are surprised by this.

Gary

Rich Gauszka wrote:
> Good - far too many of these idiots fleeing and injuring innocent people.
>
> http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0501/p25s01-usju.html
>
> In an important ruling defining Fourth Amendment protections against
> unreasonable searches and seizures in the context of high-speed police
> chases, the US Supreme Court on Monday gave a green light to law enforcement
> to use violent force to stop fleeing suspects who pose a substantial and
> immediate risk of serious physical injury to others.
>
> "A police officer's attempt to terminate a dangerous high-speed car chase
> that threatens the lives of innocent bystanders does not violate the Fourth
> Amendment, even when it places the fleeing motorist at risk of serious
> injury or death," writes Justice Antonin Scalia in the majority opinion.
>
>

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