When police car chases cause damages to others, who is to blame?

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  by P.L.Simmons

  When police car chases cause damages to others, the criminal is always to blame. Every state or municipality issues driver's licenses with certain parameters outlining rules ...read more

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  by Odin Kyle

  The criminals must be to blame when police car chases cause damage to others. Our society has a bias against police and tend to blame them more then is strictly necessary w...read more

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  by C. Spencer

  I would suspect that criminal offenders are generally to blame. However, any response to the question of whether police officers or criminals are responsible for deaths cause...read more

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  by Dante Ghi

  A chase comes to an end. You are surrounded by the smell of burnt rubber, antifreeze, and airbag dust. Sometimes you are treated to the wonderful smell of wiring burning. P...read more

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  by Ronald Gibson

  A few months ago there was a rather unusual incident of damage related to a car chase that rocked the entire Valley of the Sun here in Central Arizona. Two choppers from local n...read more

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  by Vincent Cooks

  Though, i would agree, that "but for the actions of the criminals, the chase would have never happened, and any subsequent action(s) thereof are solely the responsibility of s/h...read more

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  by KT

  Who is putting lives at risk? The one running from the law of course. Police should not be held accountable for damages due to the fact that they're attempting to apprehend the ...read more

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  by Sarah Lewis

  Oh MY GOD! Is there NOTHING that low-brows won't ascribe to being differentiated by the stupidity of the "Conservative" and"Liberal" labels? I, too, am amazed that this deba...read more

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  by ClodaghMcKlin

  This is a topic that goes on in many places. Authority wonders daily about what will happen if they get into a chase. Who will be hurt and who will die. How they can stop it and...read more

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  by Aaron Mckay

  I believe it is always to be the criminal's fault for damages caused during police chases. Injecting logic into this; if there was no criminal to run from the police force, then...read more

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  by miraclesinprogress

  This answer actually seems to be a no-brainer: Criminals. When criminals cause criminal damage to other human beings, criminals are ALWAYS to blame. When we hear about victim...read more

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  by Jarimi Reed

  I have to admit when I first read the title of this article I thought it was a joke. Should a police officer be held liable for collateral damage during a high speed chase? Our ...read more

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  by William Krebs

  I don't know how anyone could say that it is the police that are at fault. If the criminal did not do the crime and then try to get away, there would be no chases. Granted, ther...read more

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  by Scott Heritage

  Plainly and simply the criminals are clearly the ones at fault when police chases cause damage to innocent bystanders. Even if the police were the ones who actually hit someone ...read more

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  by Lattissia Boykin

  I am a firm believer that the police are to blame. These police have gotten down right out of control. I understand they have to do their job but since when is their job to inju...read more

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  by Bob D. Caterino

  Police and Criminals in todays society are like siblings always at wits end with one another. Every time a criminal knows he is being followed he leads the chase and the game b...read more

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