High Speed Pursuit syndrome

High Speed Pursuit syndrome is a condition that police officers may suffer from during a high speed chase. When a police officer gets into a high speed chase, they may get so angry and pumped up with energy that the adrenaline rush could cause them to become violent. This could ultimately lead them to carry out deadly force on a suspect, at the end of, or during, a police pursuit.

List of cases of high speed pursuit syndrome

Rodney King

Main article: Rodney King

Rodney King (April 2, 1965 – June 17, 2012) was a black American man, who is believed to have been a victim of high speed pursuit syndrome and police brutality. After a high speed chase ended, seven LAPD officers attacked and beat King violently. It is believed by some that although King was black, the beating had nothing to do with his ethnicity or race, it was merely the result of over excited police officers.[1]

Hong Il Kim

Hong Il Kim (1968 - February 14, 1996) was a twenty-seven-year-old Korean man visiting family in Orange County, California.[2] Some people believe that he was a victim of high speed pursuit syndrome.

On Wednesday, February 14, 1996, Westminster police spotted Kim making an improper turn in a Toyota 4Runner at around 11:30 a.m. They tried to get Kim to pull over but he refused, and a thirty-minute chase ensued.[3] More officers joined in the pursuit, and a news helicopter tracked his vehicle. After thirty minutes, police officers boxed Kim into a mall parking lot and then opened fire when Kim allegedly tried to ram two of the officers on foot. Four officers fired thirty rounds to stop Kim and ultimately ended up killing him. The entire incident was captured on video by a cameraman in the news helicopter. After the incident, Kim's family said the officers overreacted by killing him and said that the officers could have just as easily shot out Kim's car tires. The officers claim they acted in self-defense, but Kim's family and some members of the community argued that his death was an execution carried out by over excited police officers. Kim's family later filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the officers involved in the shooting. They argued that the officers had used 'excessive deadly force'. In April 1998, a federal judge dismissed the lawsuit, and the court ruled that the actions of the officers had been perfectly reasonable, and that they had acted in self-defense.[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Kevin Mullen (1996-04-05). "The high-speed chase syndrome". Sfgate.com. Retrieved 2011-11-12.
  2. ↑ "Korean Man Slain by Police After Car Chase Is Buried". Los Angeles Times. 1996-02-21. Retrieved 2011-11-12.
  3. ↑ "Shooting dead of Kim Video". 1996-02-14. Retrieved 2011-11-12.
  4. ↑ "Suit Over Shooting by Police Is Dismissed - Los Angeles Times". Articles.latimes.com. 1998-04-04. Retrieved 2011-11-12.
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