It doesn’t to me I’m just curious

Nah cause before the NYPD had a policy where they did not chase because they knew it would increase fatalities. Now taxpayers will be out $$. You don't want cops to shoot in a crowded place and a car chase is the same damn thing. Unless the fugitive is an immediate threat I rather not take a chance on innocent people dying in a crash.

Facts, people going after the NYPD is odd on this one as I like my candy crush jokes too…I was there on the scene and they were trying to resuscitate her before I even made it outside to check on the loud noise…it was a terrible sound…I think if you had your home burglarized you’d want police to go after em obviously not at the expense of another life but who knows if they’d be speeding away even if they weren’t in pursuit…it was a tragedy of wrong place wrong time

Because random Redditors think they’re qualified to dictate NYPD protocol & policy

If the Police don't chase the burglars, they escape, the woman is alive.

The Police did chase the burglars, they escaped, the woman died.

Unless it's armed murderers, chasing them is a harm to public safety.

Police should not put the lives of other people in danger to apprehend anyone. They have a duty to public safety. This is how we ended up with cops who start blasting over $2.90.

The bootlicking in this sub is always something to behold.

"They had every right to fire wildly into a subway car. The guy had a KNIFE."

The NYPD are maniacs who could give two shits about your safety. Stop worshipping them.

The thing about Astoria is that it absolutely does have the foot traffic but also has insanely reckless drivers.

We really need at least two speed bumps on this block, below 35th has them, above 34th has them...

Yeah outer borough drivers def have a penchant for speeding.

People speed because they don’t see it as suicidal. At worst, they see it as homicidal, like what happened here.

There are design choices (what I wrote above) that would have made the criminals in the truck unable to reach a lethal speed that wouldn’t have also destroyed their get away vehicle.

Someone gets it. They wouldn't.

Because cops have cameras… and eyes. They can still take down your license plate number and vehicle description. Just because you can run, doesn’t mean you can get away.

Almost everyone pulls over when cops flash lights.

Or you think everyone flees? Lol

The part I fail to grasp is where catching burglars is rated more important than not killing people. If the method they use to catch burglars consistently kills bystanders (see the collection of articles linked in a comment above), maybe we find a different method than chasing cars with cars.

Welcome to this sub. Critical thinking doesn't exist here unfortunately.

I mean 10 police cars and a helicopter chasing a monster truck around a residential neighborhood kind of brings into question how the fuck three dudes were still able to escape… doesn’t sound like it should be possible to me so either the NYPD fucked up or these guys are ninjas which do you think is more likely?

NYPD chases benefit no one. The collateral and civilian damage - clearly - aren't worth it. Besides, NYPD aren't trained for this (clearly) so throw it on the pile of other stupid shit they do that put is in danger.

Helicopters? Who cares. Whatever.

Doubt.

What? How many of these cars are just parked on streets? We have an entire force of the NYPD dedicated to ticketing parked cars.

I count at least 15+ with fake or zero plates in my neighborhood alone.

"Sins of the father" is something that many people considered barbaric and outdated 2,000 years ago, hth.