8 dead in crash after police chased a suspected human smuggler, Texas officials say
8 dead in crash after police chased a suspected human smuggler, Texas officials say
Eight people died in a South Texas car crash Wednesday while police chased a driver suspected of smuggling migrants. Texas Department of Public Safety says it happened around 6:30 a.m. when the driver of a Honda Civic tried to outrun deputies from the Zavala County Sheriff’s Office.
The crash happened around 6:30 a.m. when the driver of a 2009 Honda Civic tried to outrun deputies from the Zavala County Sheriff’s Office and attempted to pass a semi truck, the state Department of Public Safety said. The Civic collided with a 2015 Chevrolet Equinox, which caught fire.
Everyone in both vehicles was killed, according to DPS. That includes the 21-year-old driver of the Civic, who as from Houston, and his five passengers. Some of the passengers were from Honduras, department spokesman Christopher Olivarez said in a statement. The two people in the Equinox were from Georgia.
The police were worried about people's safety, so the police killed everyone, including Innocent bystanders.
It's policy to not engage in high speed chases like that in many places just for that reason.
Robocop was a documentary.
Can't be in danger anymore if you're already dead taps forehead
I wanna know when the hell LEOs are gonna learn that a high-speed chase is NEVER worth 8 lives.
ACAB
All Carsalesmen Are Bastards.
Defund the dealerships.
We can see that cops and cars are both problems.
But they do it on TV!
Isn't that where cops get their vocational education?
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Possibly. How many more children would this dirt bag sell into the sex trade? One? Fifty? At what point is it "worth it" to pursue justice.
If law enforcement actually wanted to tackle the trafficking problem in Houston, they would go after the outlets.
All it takes is a quick search on rubmaps.com to see where you can buy sex, right now, in Houston.
After that, they can go after people on Tryst. It's such an open secret because there is so much money being passed around.
Human trafficking is integral to Houston's economy and culture. They won't do anything about it because they don't want to.
The only solution to make sex work safer in Houston is to legalize it. Which they also won't do because they're "better than that" and legalization would result in better treatment of workers at the expense of employers.
Absolutely brutal and completely unnecessary at that. The level of risk to everyone on that highway was never gonna be worth it just to catch some migrants.
A few ways to help with human trafficking if people really cared.
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Legalize prostitute and heavily regulate it with stiff penalties for those that do black mart deals.
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Streamline the immigration process and develop a non us citizen hotline/website to report crimes. Protect them from local and state prosecution for immigration status after reporting a crime.
Everyone wants a better life but when you make it harder, you create a dark alternative.
I agree that regulated prostitution is a good thing, but that's not going to reduce demand for illegal prostitution or human trafficking. There are already stiff penalties for those crimes, but criminals do not expect to be caught.
I agree with your second point, as well.
Legalize prostitution would address sex trafficking and lower the numbers. Nothing is 100% but it would be a huge start.
Just like legalization of drugs, yes there will always be a black market for it but, we have dramatically reduced the numbers by giving a safe option. Legalize prostitution would also allow people that know something is wrong an ability to report it without fear of retaliation. It's a start not and end.
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Holy shit that was a brutal wreck. Both vehicles mostly disintegrated. I hope no kids were involved.
The American Civil Liberties Union of Texas has tallied 106 deaths in Border Patrol vehicle pursuits from January 2010 to June of this year. Deaths averaged 3.5 a year through 2019 but spiked in 2020, leading officials to develop a new policy for vehicle pursuits with an eye toward increasing safety.
The policy announced in January stops short of prohibiting chases but, according to CBP, “provides a clear framework for weighing the risks of conducting pursuits, such as the dangers they present to the public, against the law enforcement benefit or need.”
Either the framework isn’t as clear as you think it is, or they just don’t give a shit.
The reporting isn't clear or is being intentionally vague. DPS is state police. That's who was pursuing the vehicle.
CBP/USBP are federal agents. They weren't pursuing this vehicle. CBP is who updated their policy.
So the framework may be clear and may be working just fine. DPS doesn't necessarily follow the federal framework though. Maybe DPS needs to adopt it?
They are reporting on apples and oranges like they are the same thing. This reporter needs to do better.
It gives cops real boners to know they helped murder people. So they do give a shit, just for selfish purposes tho.
Houston is the 2nd most trafficked city in the US.
It's an open secret and there's so much money being passed around, nothing is really being done about it.
Bake em away, toys!
Bake em away, toys!