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“Pursuit of man on electric scooter”. Can’t be going that fast! It must have been like the steamroller chase scene from Austin Powers… >

If I understand correctly, they were chasing a guy on a scooter that was wanted, and when he was trying to get away, he took a scooter into traffic was hit by a car and died.
If that was the whole case, I’m not mad at the police,
But the bit to me where I am on board with the police, getting everything thrown at them, is below.
“Neither of the officers took steps to collect evidence or preserve the scene and roughly 20 minutes after the crash both officers allegedly deactivated their body-worn cameras to speak privately to each other, according to the charging documents.“ >

Well, most of the charges is for your last paragraph.
If they would have just done their jobs and not try to CYA. They wouldn't be in this mess. >


believed Hylton-Brown was a member of a drug gang and was armed and dangerous,          

Being armed is a constitutional right. >

Unless you are a felon, I believe... >

Yup .. but cops in pursuit of some rando aren't going to know that. >

And it would be a dangerous precedent if cops started treating every potential situation as a worst-case scenario, that's a quick way to guarantee many people will fight back or be difficult. >

On Oct. 23, 2020, Hylton-Brown was driving an electric scooter without a helmet on a sidewalk when two Metropolitan police officers attempted to stop Hylton-Brown >

“Pursuit of man on electric scooter”. Can’t be going that fast! It must have been like the steamroller chase scene from Austin Powers… >

If I understand correctly, they were chasing a guy on a scooter that was wanted, and when he was trying to get away, he took a scooter into traffic was hit by a car and died.
If that was the whole case, I’m not mad at the police,
But the bit to me where I am on board with the police, getting everything thrown at them, is below.
“Neither of the officers took steps to collect evidence or preserve the scene and roughly 20 minutes after the crash both officers allegedly deactivated their body-worn cameras to speak privately to each other, according to the charging documents.“ >

Well, most of the charges is for your last paragraph.
If they would have just done their jobs and not try to CYA. They wouldn't be in this mess. >


believed Hylton-Brown was a member of a drug gang and was armed and dangerous,          

Being armed is a constitutional right. >

Unless you are a felon, I believe... >

Yup .. but cops in pursuit of some rando aren't going to know that. >

And it would be a dangerous precedent if cops started treating every potential situation as a worst-case scenario, that's a quick way to guarantee many people will fight back or be difficult. >

On Oct. 23, 2020, Hylton-Brown was driving an electric scooter without a helmet on a sidewalk when two Metropolitan police officers attempted to stop Hylton-Brown