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[FONT=verdana, arial, helvetica]Disclaimer: I realize most people would not do this, and some think what I did was dangerous. Didn't quite think that through at the time.
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[FONT=verdana, arial, helvetica]So my roomate and I just finished the initial break in on his motor, when we decided to cruise for a bit to get some initial tuning done. We pulled up to a large intersection and watched as a police officer flew through the light and into a gas station. Immediately as he exited his patrol vehicle we saw a skinny black guy haul ass out of there.
I looked at my roomate and told him we should follow, as the officer was losing him big time. We blew the red light and caught up to the guy as he ran across the street. Without much thought I jumped out of the car and started trucking after him. I caught him and brought him down and put his arms behind his back and secured him. He pleaded with me that he got hit in the face twice, and don't let him hurt him. I asked him to explain, but he kept rambling about he didn't do anything and that some guy punched him for no reason.
About a minute later as I'm sitting there trying to get some clue of why this guy was running, the officer comes up and just says "Hey, thanks" and I released the guy to him. The officer immediately jabs him in the back with his knee ( this officer was not a lightweight ) and tells the guy to shut up and put his hands behind his back. He cuffs him and calls for backup. I'm just sitting there thinking, wtf... I secured this guy and he wasn't running, he wasn't fighting, he seemed downright scared.
The cops then went about their business. I went to ask him if he needed anything from me, but after handing him off to another LEO he proceeded to head back towards his car at the gas station about 1/4 mile back. They never asked for any statements, information, or to see what happened or why two random dudes were right there.
I definitely think it should have been handled better. I kept thinking on our way back home how hilarious it would have been if I had those zip tie hand cuffs you can buy and had the dude already strapped up and waiting by the time he got there. Horrible thing was we actually had some industrial ones in the back of the car.
Ah well... I kinda feel bad for the guy running, the cops did seem a little aggresive for the situation, and I'm sure it's from the BS they deal with day in and day out. I'm intersted to see if the guy actually did anything or not.[/FONT]
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[FONT=verdana, arial, helvetica]Disclaimer: I realize most people would not do this, and some think what I did was dangerous. Didn't quite think that through at the time.
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[FONT=verdana, arial, helvetica]So my roomate and I just finished the initial break in on his motor, when we decided to cruise for a bit to get some initial tuning done. We pulled up to a large intersection and watched as a police officer flew through the light and into a gas station. Immediately as he exited his patrol vehicle we saw a skinny black guy haul ass out of there.
I looked at my roomate and told him we should follow, as the officer was losing him big time. We blew the red light and caught up to the guy as he ran across the street. Without much thought I jumped out of the car and started trucking after him. I caught him and brought him down and put his arms behind his back and secured him. He pleaded with me that he got hit in the face twice, and don't let him hurt him. I asked him to explain, but he kept rambling about he didn't do anything and that some guy punched him for no reason.
About a minute later as I'm sitting there trying to get some clue of why this guy was running, the officer comes up and just says "Hey, thanks" and I released the guy to him. The officer immediately jabs him in the back with his knee ( this officer was not a lightweight ) and tells the guy to shut up and put his hands behind his back. He cuffs him and calls for backup. I'm just sitting there thinking, wtf... I secured this guy and he wasn't running, he wasn't fighting, he seemed downright scared.
The cops then went about their business. I went to ask him if he needed anything from me, but after handing him off to another LEO he proceeded to head back towards his car at the gas station about 1/4 mile back. They never asked for any statements, information, or to see what happened or why two random dudes were right there.
I definitely think it should have been handled better. I kept thinking on our way back home how hilarious it would have been if I had those zip tie hand cuffs you can buy and had the dude already strapped up and waiting by the time he got there. Horrible thing was we actually had some industrial ones in the back of the car.
Ah well... I kinda feel bad for the guy running, the cops did seem a little aggresive for the situation, and I'm sure it's from the BS they deal with day in and day out. I'm intersted to see if the guy actually did anything or not.[/FONT]
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