"You’re assuming there was a chase. As you quoted from the N&R:
“The deputy turned on his blue lights and the suspect vehicle sped south on Battleground Avenue. The deputy was about ¼-mile behind when the vehicle ran a red light at the intersection of New Garden Road and Battleground.”
There’s nothing in the article to indicate that an actual high speed pursuit was taking place. And then there is this:
“The deputy, who authorities haven’t identified, ran the license plate number through the National Crime Information Center database, which revealed it had been stolen from an apartment complex on East Meadowview Road on Sept. 13, according to Greensboro police.
When the deputy turned on his blue lights and siren, the driver sped through the New Garden Road intersection, hitting the Optima.”
Now if the deputy ran the license plate it would stand to reason that the deputy was in very close proximity to the rear of the suspect vehicle but if the suspect vehicle was 1/4 of a mile ahead of the deputy when the collision occurred then it appears the Deputy in his high powered Dodge patrol car, was not trying very hard to keep up.
Like you, I’m against these high speed chases but until we know more your commentary is prejudiced and premature."
Bullshit is bullshit and I call it when I see it, no matter where it comes from.
Fair judgement, another reason you should write-in Billy Jones for Mayor of Greensboro.
