There’s nothing cops love greater than PIT maneuvers towards seemingly each car that seems of their windshield (besides, possibly, killing canine or beating their spouses). But Florida, as at all times, has to up the ante: Down there, the cops don’t simply PIT civilians. Now, they’re beginning to PIT one another.
Dashcam footage out of Fort Lauderdale, shared to Instagram, reveals a chase the place seemingly nobody is in the precise. The footage is from the angle of a cruiser with its lights and siren on, chasing down a Kia Stinger that’s dashing by way of the evening. After clearing an intersection, the cruiser PITs the Stinger, which does a full 180 on the highway. After the spin, the Stinger flips on its personal lights, revealing itself to have been an unmarked cop automotive the entire time.
The cop filming claims to haven’t seen the PITted Stinger’s lights, however rewatching the footage makes it clear that there have been no lights to see — the unmarked automotive was merely darting alongside the again roads with none indication as to why, or whether or not it had any authorized permission to be doing so.
We’re all accustomed to figuring out cop automobiles within the evening, however unmarked automobiles throw a wrench in the entire course of — notably one thing just like the Stinger, which isn’t the kind of Big Three sedan usually bought for police fleets. Most of us possible wouldn’t have recognized the automotive as undercover, making the pursing officer’s confusion comprehensible — if not their resolution to PIT the Kia.
Unmarked cruisers shouldn’t be whipping round with out their lights on, if in any respect. Cops additionally shouldn’t be throwing out PIT maneuvers like sweet from a Thanksgiving parade. No one concerned with this dashcam footage is in the precise, besides maybe the one who posted it for us all to see.
h/t CarScoops
Source: jalopnik.com