A team of Florida police officers have some serious explaining to do. After abandoning innocent bystanders to die during a chase, three officers have been arrested for felony Leaving the Scene of a Crash Involving Death. Four more are facing charges of Official Misconduct.
These seven West Palm Beach Police Department officers engaged in a high speed chase with a stolen Kia Stinger. They chased the Kia up to 120 mph in a two marked Ram patrol truck and one Ford Interceptor Utility crossover. The pursuit lasted 12 minutes. None of the seven turned on their body cameras or radioed dispatch to warn other units about the chase. They even crossed out of their jurisdiction and into Boynton Beach without warning BBPD. But that’s far from the worst of it.
At an intersection, the driver of the stolen Kia lost control and slammed headlong into a Toyota Corolla coming the other way. The Kia’s driver was injured, but got out of the stolen car and fled on foot…