re: 2 civilians die in West Baton Rouge car chase

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That’s absolutely insane. How long has this guy been in law enforcement? What kind of training did he have

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One article said less than a year.

Here is the latest on this situation.

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It’s been one of the most difficult things a mother has to endure, losing a child, but in Martin’s case, she’s spending most of her time in the ICU with her son Liam Dunn on top of losing a daughter, Maggie Dunn.

Liam, 20, was the backseat passenger in the car with his 17-yr-old sister Maggie Dunn and her best friend, Caroline Gill, 15. Martin has three children, Victoria, Liam & Maggie, who was the baby.

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Maggie Dunn and Caroline Gill died after they were caught in a high-speed chase over a stolen vehicle from Baton Rouge and hit by Addis Officer David Cauthron on New Year’s Eve. Cauthron is said to have been going nearly 90mph on La1 in West Baton Rouge Parish, with lights and sirens activated but never yielded at the red light where he’s said to have t-boned the car with Maggie, Caroline and Liam in it.

Cauthron has since been arrested and charged with two counts of negligent homicide. District Attorney Tony Clayton said he will still present the case to a WBR Grand Jury.

“I am going to take it before a grand jury to see if there are any additional charges. It’s just protocol because it’s officer involved. We’ve already established a probable cause. By putting it before a grand jury, you get to test the evidence and see what the public thinks of it,” said Clayton. “It doesn’t matter who the perpetrator is, a cop, the da or anyone. We are a nation of laws, not of men. Here, our law appears to be broken and we will let our people in the parish determine if the conduct deviated from the norm.”

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You can read the whole thing here.

unfilteredwithkiran.com

They have blood banks set up in different areas if anyone who donates blood wants to donate.

I seriously don't understand how this is something that has not changed yet.

Ive said on this board years ago, when talking about police chase how police need to find a better way to coordinate police chase.

I gave an example in this thread about one I saw happen years ago that included 6 different departments at max speed in a single file line chasing a motorcycle. Several departments had multiple cars so it was at least 10 cars chasing them. The more cars chasing a suspect the chances of one of them making a mistake goes up, especially if they are from smaller departments that don't have as much training as others.

With that said, I have no idea what procedures are in place. How often accidents are caused from car chases which I should probably do some research on. Police shouldn't be driving like a bat out of hell through traffic going to a car chase. The car chase itself is putting the public on the road in danger and having officers going to it is only increasing danger.

WBRZ obtained an edited video of the intersection at the time of the accident. The Addis cop that was involved was the first cat in the chase.

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The cowboy from Addis did this independently of the pursuit. He was trying to catch up as it was already out of his jurisdiction, which is allegedly why he was hauling arse.

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He was the first car in the chase seen on the DOTD video.

Nm

Piece of shite bonded out today

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Per WAFB, BRPD terminated the pursuit when the TPOS crossed into West Baton Rouge Parish. Guess they didn’t have shite under control till Tyquell’s stolen vehicle stalled back in Baton Rouge.

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You do know there’s a video right?

From the WAFB video, these are the first two cars through the intersection after the wreck:



Those sure look like BRPD cruisers to me.



The first one might have been Brusly PD (I don’t think so, though). The second was definitely BRPD, as were the next 2:



Either 5 or 6 of the 7 police vehicles you can see in the video crossing the intersection after the wreck are BRPD. So yes, they were still in pursuit.

It sounds like the suspect was headed south, then made a U-turn and headed back north. That’s probably how the Addis cop wound up at the front of the chase.

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sounds like the suspect was headed south, then made a U-turn and headed back north. That’s probably how the Addis cop wound up at the front of the chase

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Doesn’t “sound” like that. That’s exactly what he did.

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yes, they were still in pursuit.

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Take it up with BRPD and their spokesman. They’re the ones who said they “terminated” the pursuit when it crossed the parish line. See WAFB quote below:

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Police in Baton Rouge initiated the chase, going after a home invasion suspect in a stolen car. BRPD ended their pursuit after that driver, Zanders crossed the Mississippi River bridge.

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Maybe BRPD was just along for the ride. Maybe they didn’t know BRPD gave up the pursuit. BRPD doesn’t seem to know what the hell they’re doing most of the time.

But there’s only one cop responsible for the deaths of the girls and his actions were indefensible.

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These two passed after the crash? Seems like they would have stopped to render aid being that the crash was extremely horrible

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The first car and one of the later cars stopped to assist.