No one wants to touch on the politics of this huh? It’s the liberal judges who are in the wrong, yet again. What seems like common sense for the conservatives is being spun into more “blame someone else”.
“If Scott had stopped the pursuit at that point (in the parking lot), maybe he would have slowed down,” suggested Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
But Souter wondered whether ramming a car at 90 miles an hour was justified. “How could such a belief be reasonable?”
At least the two new conservatives appear to be on the right side…
Studies introduced by Harris’ lawyers have shown a majority of speeding drivers would do just that. “If the police weren’t after him, there is no indication that he would have been (continuing) speeding.”
“Well, he was speeding before police knew about him, right?” asked Chief Justice John Roberts. “That’s where this all started.”
Harris “created a tremendous risk (for) drivers on that road,” said Justice Samuel Alito.