VIDEO: Tyreke Evans Reckless Driving 130 MPH

[KingInExile]

2 things are bothering me:

First, why do the officers have their weapons drawn? I don't see a justification as their lives were not in danger. Maybe tinted windows scared the officer on the bike, which lead him to draw his weapon?

Didn't know they carried futuristic radar or ladar guns in helicopters. ..Second, how did they clock Evans doing 130mph from a helicopter?

What the cops did was pretty standard for a felony stop...which is common when you stop someone going at a very high rate of speed who was driving recklessly. May not happen all the time, but it did not seem unwarranted or unusual to me in this situation.

Using airplanes for speed enforcement is not new...that has been around for decades. The technology has been around for a long time to judge the speed of a car on the freeway from the air.

[_SRV_]

Folks get on a high horse every now and then and "preach," and I may have sounded this way, but I felt like I was talking to a bunch of kids based on some of the responses around here and the cavalier attitudes of some posters, who seem more concerned about Evans' rep than actually looking at what he did. I also know that you guys would not be posting like you are if he had killed someone and been suspended/imprisoned, or if he had permanently injured himself.

No, it's not about you getting up on your high horse, you sounded your first complaint, and you were replied to that no one defended him, you went back and brought quotes from thread where it didn't have the full facts (lower speed and not weaving through traffic).
You're not concerned with our view on the matter it was very clear in this thread, you were more concerned with yourself being right and showing us the moral and responsible person you are, and the lowly childish careless people we are, so you had to make up excuses for it.

[ICMTM]

I just watched the video for the 1st time...cool stuff

[ballhawk1]

2 things are bothering me:

First, why do the officers have their weapons drawn? I don't see a justification as their lives were not in danger. Maybe tinted windows scared the officer on the bike, which lead him to draw his weapon?

Didn't know they carried futuristic radar or ladar guns in helicopters. ..Second, how did they clock Evans doing 130mph from a helicopter?

What the cops did was pretty standard for a felony stop...which is common when you stop someone going at a very high rate of speed who was driving recklessly. May not happen all the time, but it did not seem unwarranted or unusual to me in this situation.

Using airplanes for speed enforcement is not new...that has been around for decades. The technology has been around for a long time to judge the speed of a car on the freeway from the air.

I guess an air unit in the Cal Highway Patrol is common.

The firearms were draw because the officers did a felony stop b/c of the tinted windows. Standard procedure.

Aside from procedure, tinted windows is not always justification to draw a firearm. That said, you draw a gun on me you better know what you're doing.

[HenryPeterson]

Reckless driving and DUI or DWI offenses are separate crimes. Reckless driving isn't a lesser-included offense of DUI or DWI because each crime is separate and distinct and can be proved by different evidence. Reckless driving involves how a vehicle was being operated; it isn't necessary to show that the driver used drugs or alcohol to prove a violation of a reckless driving law. In a prosecution for DUI or DWI, on the other hand, how the vehicle was being operated might tend to show that the driver was impaired, but it's not a necessary ingredient of the offense. Speeding is a very common moving violation. Reckless driving and vehicular manslaughter are two driving convictions that may arise from a single incident. There is also a number of crimes that involve the use of intoxicating substances and driving. In many instances, to determine which convictions are possible or how they are characterized, a person has to familiarize herself with local law since regulations tend to vary.
DUI Lawyers

[ComboGuardCity]

If you get charged with Reckless Driving in California, it would be a felony in any other state.