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Larry_OHF · 07-28-2007, 11:29 AM

This guys steals a car and the police give chase. Three news helicopters decide to report on the scene and two of them crash into one another while the third records this new turn of events. The police chief is quoted in saying: "I think he will be held responsible for any of the deaths from this tragedy."

I understand the law that states if a suspect being persued by police gives chase and causes the deaths of innocent bystanders that are in the vicinity as well as the police who are doing their job...then the suspect is held accountable for the deaths of all those that are hurt or die. However, I am not supportive of the idea that this suspect would be responsible for the crash of the two news stations' air patrol who were voluntarily chasing the suspect to make money for their stations...not in the line of danger on the ground, and were either not following the direction of Air Traffic Control or were misled by that control. If it had been one chopper, there would have been no crash but it sounds like the competing news stations were just throwing safety to the wind...so to say...Either way, it was the fault of somebody other than the man.

Can anyone change my viewpoint?

http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/07/27/hel...ash/index.html

[ 07-28-2007, 11:30 PM: Message edited by: Larry_OHF ]

07-28-2007, 11:29 AM	#1
Larry_OHF Ironworks Moderator Join Date: March 1, 2001 Location: Midlands, South Carolina Age: 49 Posts: 14,759	This guys steals a car and the police give chase. Three news helicopters decide to report on the scene and two of them crash into one another while the third records this new turn of events. The police chief is quoted in saying: "I think he will be held responsible for any of the deaths from this tragedy." I understand the law that states if a suspect being persued by police gives chase and causes the deaths of innocent bystanders that are in the vicinity as well as the police who are doing their job...then the suspect is held accountable for the deaths of all those that are hurt or die. However, I am not supportive of the idea that this suspect would be responsible for the crash of the two news stations' air patrol who were voluntarily chasing the suspect to make money for their stations...not in the line of danger on the ground, and were either not following the direction of Air Traffic Control or were misled by that control. If it had been one chopper, there would have been no crash but it sounds like the competing news stations were just throwing safety to the wind...so to say...Either way, it was the fault of somebody other than the man. Can anyone change my viewpoint? http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/07/27/hel...ash/index.html [ 07-28-2007, 11:30 PM: Message edited by: Larry_OHF ] __________________