Personal Injury Law

Clayton County Police Chase Resulting in Wrongful Death of Two Innocent Victims Is an Outrage

The Georgia injury lawyers at Finch McCranie, LLP have sued a number of police departments around the State of Georgia for the wrongful death of innocent citizens caused by police chases. Our experience has shown that following a high speed pursuit, the police begin immediately to plan their defense. We have already seen this in last week's outrageous police chase in Clayton County. The police have told reporters that the officer had already slowed down "hoping that the fleeing suspect would slow down". In other words, the police will say, as they always do, that they were not "in pursuit" at the time of the collision. Oh yes, they often contend they had "terminated the pursuit" by the time of the fatal crash. Trying now to put as much distance between the pursuing officer and the crash, they say the officer didn't even see the collision! I wonder whether the police videotape will bear this out or whether it will mysteriously disappear as it does in so many police chase cases. We see the same lame excuses for bad police conduct over and over. Where was the pursuing police officers supervisor in all of this. Did he radio the speeding officer and tell him to back off or terminate the chase or did he not hear such commands, if made.Will this be another case where the radio was not working properly? In handling many of these police chase cases, we discovered a woman whose own innocent daughter was killed as a result of a police chase case. She has a website which every citizen should check out. http://pursuitsafety.org/index.html She posts the photograph of every innocent victim of police chases. When you see the faces of some of the thousands of innocent victims who have lost their livesas a result of "cowboy" police chases over misdemeanor criminal offenses and traffic offenses, you can see why the Georgia injury lawyers at Finch McCranie, LLP feel passionate about these cases.

If you have a loved one that has been killed as a result of a police chase, the experienced Georgia police chase lawyers at Finch McCranie, LLP would be more than happy to discuss the rights you have to pursue justice. Call us at (404) 658-9070 or toll free at (800) 228-9159.

Full post as published by Georgia Injury Lawyer Blog on September 12, 2009 (boomark / email).