I'm really sorry Skip. The innocent always are the ones that pay the
price. Whether the police had broken off the chase or not he, the
lawbreaker, killed your friend not the police. In many minds, though,
the police were to blame.
Tom
HKMNSTRODS@aol.com wrote:
>
> By now we have all heard the good & the bad of car chases. One more that hit
> very very close to home. Monday afternoon 3:30 Oct.1993. The Pinellas county
> police (Florida) are chasing a 26 year old black dude with a rap sheet longer
> than the long course. As the chase approached a busy area the police broke
> off. The driver of the stolen car/bank robber didn't slow down. He ran just
> one more red light, unfortunately Mary Creamer thought that the green arrow
> meant that she could turn left,safely. Her seat belts couldn't help her. The
> guy driving the other car got out and ran (he was caught). Instead of Mary
> and I going to the beach on Friday evening to watch the sunset, I went to
> Mary's funeral. The offender is now back on the streets, he was one drugs so
> he wasn't responsible for his actions. Talk about a screwed up system.
> Did I mention that Mary was a nurse at the hospital that treated the slightly
> injured dude that killed her. She was turning into work when it happened.
>
> Skip in Webster
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