147-mph biker chase demonstrates latest aerial surveillance tech

In most of the industrialised world, police weapons are drawn when there is a clear and immediate threat of lethal force. Not before, and not afterwards either.

The routine use by US police of firearms as compliance tools (“stop or I’ll shoot!”) is a very unusual thing. The obvious consequence of this practice is to convert “failure to obey police commands” into a death penalty offence.

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