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In response to "Past a certain point, I started to feel sorry for her. " by David

I have to think there was a better option than chasing her down. Maybe just drop the ticket in the mail with a court summons? -- nm

Posted by znufrii May 22 '20, 15:02

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She fled. You don’t let the people fleeing just drive off. - Will Hunting May 22, 15:14 10
- That's not really true. In most police departments they are supposed to make a risk assessment of whether this person poses a danger to others. If -- (edited) - pmb May 22, 15:18 8
  - She kicks him. - Will Hunting May 22, 15:19 7
    - I absolutely agree that he gave her plenty of chances, and I also agree that an African-American might have died in the same circumstance. -- nm - David May 22, 15:27 4
      - two points: yes if an african-american pulled this, they could have easily ended up dead. But secondly, most african-americans would not act like this -- nm - Jovian May 22, 15:38 2
        
        (Because they would be afraid they might end up dead.) -- nm - Dark Callisto May 22, 15:39 1
        
        exactly. exactly my point! -- nm - Jovian May 22, 15:44
      - Yep. And then the focus would have been on the escalation. - pmb May 22, 15:35
    - After he escalated it. He screwed this up way earlier. She actually offered to sign it and leave and he refused that. - pmb May 22, 15:25
    - She will be lucky if she gets off without a resisting arrest, assaulting a police office, and god only knows what other charges they could lay out -- nm - Jovian May 22, 15:22
- goddamn right. She got off lucky. -- nm - Jovian May 22, 15:15
Exactly. And then go boot or tow her car. - pmb May 22, 15:13
I feel like the source of this was that she couldn't afford to pay $80. -- nm - David May 22, 15:13 4
- What is the list price on that giant pickup truck these days? 50 60k? I think she could afford the $80 bucks -- nm - Jovian May 22, 15:16 3
  - I had a friend who was 22 and bought a truck that he later realized had car payments exceeding what he earned in two weeks. -- nm - David May 22, 15:25 1
    - The loan officer got a vacation to Hawaii. It’s like Marcy D’Arcy loaning Al Bundy the money for the shoe God told him to make. -- nm - Will Hunting May 22, 15:32
  - You’d be amazed at how many redneck-mobiles exist that worth more than the person clears in 2 years. -- nm - Will Hunting May 22, 15:18

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