Flashback: Perpblogging, 6 December 2005
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One of the key selling points of my block is that it is supposed to be a quiet, peaceful cul-de-sac -- a tranquil enclave embedded in the noisy whirlwind of Manhattan.
So much for that advertising slogan.
And it's not the first time.
(Originally posted 6 December 2005.)
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If you watch "COPS," then you know that many if not most high-speed pursuits are over trivial matters, sometimes as trivial as unpaid traffic tickets.
Well, I hope the maniac who almost killed me and Diamond this afternoon fleeing the police down my cul-de-sac was wanted for something more heinous than that.
Once we were safely back in my apartment I took some pictures (I now sorta kinda regret not owning a camera phone).
The suspect was in the crashed car to the left of the taxi. The car directly behind it is an unmarked police car that was pursuing the crashed car, which had first stopped, was rear-ended by the unmarked police car, then tried to drive through the barricade. Diamond and I were maybe 50 feet from all this, right behind the topmost civilian car.
For those familiar with the east side of Manhattan, the FDR Drive is three stories below this little park (i.e., past the upper right corner of this picture). I wonder whether the suspect would have just kept driving right off the edge onto the highway.
The NYPD does not take kindly to high-speed chases in Manhattan.
By the time it was over, there were 21 police cars on the scene (not including the unmarked chase car).
Life imitates "The Blues Brothers"...
The Perpwalk...
384 U.S. 436 (1966)
And if anyone's wondering, yes I did put myself between the scene and Diamond in anticipation of any gunfire (there was simply nowhere to run at first, we could only drop). Fortunately it didn't come to that.
So much for that advertising slogan.
And it's not the first time.
(Originally posted 6 December 2005.)
---
If you watch "COPS," then you know that many if not most high-speed pursuits are over trivial matters, sometimes as trivial as unpaid traffic tickets.
Well, I hope the maniac who almost killed me and Diamond this afternoon fleeing the police down my cul-de-sac was wanted for something more heinous than that.
Once we were safely back in my apartment I took some pictures (I now sorta kinda regret not owning a camera phone).
The suspect was in the crashed car to the left of the taxi. The car directly behind it is an unmarked police car that was pursuing the crashed car, which had first stopped, was rear-ended by the unmarked police car, then tried to drive through the barricade. Diamond and I were maybe 50 feet from all this, right behind the topmost civilian car.
For those familiar with the east side of Manhattan, the FDR Drive is three stories below this little park (i.e., past the upper right corner of this picture). I wonder whether the suspect would have just kept driving right off the edge onto the highway.
The NYPD does not take kindly to high-speed chases in Manhattan.
By the time it was over, there were 21 police cars on the scene (not including the unmarked chase car).
Life imitates "The Blues Brothers"...
The Perpwalk...
384 U.S. 436 (1966)
And if anyone's wondering, yes I did put myself between the scene and Diamond in anticipation of any gunfire (there was simply nowhere to run at first, we could only drop). Fortunately it didn't come to that.
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- Crash Photos
- Flashback: Perpblogging, 6 December 2005
- Crash Video
- Crash
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12 October 2006
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