It usually takes more than 24 hours for a point to be proven. Not today. As noted yesterday in my analysis of the SCOTUS Scott v. Harris decision, giving cops carte blanche in high speed chases was tantamount to a license to kill. That very same day, a high speed chase in Queens to stop a car thief (let’s assume guilt for the sake of argument) resulted in a bus full of children to overturn as reported in Newsday.
Thankfully, no child died. Was it worth it to catch a car thief? In the big trade-off, how many children’s lives are worth the arrest of one car thief? Hey SCOTUS, are you listening?