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There's a whole lot of shoulda coulda woulda going on in this thread. What's done is done. My sister's fiance was a passenger in a car where his friend was getting pulled over for speeding, but his friend decided to make a run for it. They were both arrested.

In the case of the police using the PIT maneuver, which resulted in the deaths of the occupants of the car, the determination was made to remove the threat to others on the road. Yes, police are to protect and serve, and they were protecting the public. It's called choosing the lesser of two evils. Should you remove the threat that one SUV was posing to the general public at large? Or should you allow them to continue on their merry way, endangering the lives of countless drivers and passengers on the roads? They chose to remove the one vehicle from the road, which resulted in death for those that were in that vehicle, also resulting in safer roads at the time-being for the greater good.

Were there safer measures that could have been used? I've seen several suggestions. Spike strips at that rate of speed would have caused the SUV to lose control, just like the PIT maneuver did. Maybe they should have got those really cool electrical cut-off thingies like in 2F2F - all the way from Hollywood! And if they do exist in real life, chances are those things are expensive, and not every department can afford them. Heck, there are still some fire departments who don't have thermal cameras yet, and still others are in the process of purchasing "jaws-of-life" equipment. You use what's available to you.

I've seen some good points made in this argument, and I won't regurgitate what was said, but I will repeat this, I don't think either side is going change its mind. But hey! it's still fun to read!

Carry on!