it's cops versus bikers a classic
rivalry or more specifically state
troopers
versus a motorcyclist
according to radio traffic
the motorcycle
was traveling more than 100 miles an
hour
on
minneapolis st paul area highways this
is in the east metro this is highway 36
eastbound heading towards snelling
and occurred in september 2021
the video shows him passing traffic
going well above the speed of traffic
so the department of transportation has
the cameras on the freeways and state
highways but there are other agencies
minneapolis police have their own
traffic cameras saint paul has their own
traffic cameras i think anoka county
department of transportation has its own
cameras they just don't live stream like
the d.o.t state cameras
and wow using the exit lane he's going
to pass the car on the right cross the
shoulder and get back into the through
lanes
but
there are a lot of cameras in the world
that we live in everyone's got a ring
doorbell everyone's got a nest cam and
the d.o.t or police are no exception to
that so what's the plan here
how do you stop a motorcycle most
agencies i know i can't speak for all of
them there are 17 000 agencies law
enforcement agencies out there you can't
use spike strips on a motorcycle that
would be considered lethal force for
most agencies so i think the plan here
is to sneak up on this guy or gal
let them have their guard down for a
moment and see if you can sneak in sneak
up on them
lots of people when they're running from
the police or state troopers they're
gonna take once they get a big lead
they're gonna take the first exit they
get and that's exactly what happens here
so the motorcycle has exited
came to a stop at the stoplight
they're starting to relax a little bit
they look around see if they're in a
clear am i really in the clear
relax for a moment put their visor up
start to organize their thoughts
and here it is oh
trooper does sneak up on him
a little bit of a double take
what's going to happen here going to
take off they're thinking about and the
trooper makes physical contact there
tries to turn it off yeah turns it off
real quick
okay trooper okay okay my hands are up
i'll stop trooper uses radio it calls
out that he's on scene
okay i'm stopping i'm not going anywhere
trooper tries to take the key out kind
of swats his hand he's like i'll take it
out
i would not recommend
you know swapping swiping your hand at a
state trooper or a police officer for
that matter
but no adverse reaction from the officer
there okay you need to throw the keys on
the ground i'll throw the keys on the
ground
unless people
do try to shake hands with officers
officers will shake hands with you
sometimes they won't it depends on the
agency depends on the situation there's
a safety issue here where if you're a
police officer giving your strong hand
over to someone you can put yourself in
a disadvantaged situation so some
officers won't do that we'll speed it up
8x speed ramsey county does come out
just to make sure the scene is secure
this
and within a few minutes they do get
vehicles off the roadway to start
freeing up clearing out some space for
traffic to resume
sometimes bikers or motorcyclists
if you stop you know that sometimes you
do get a nice break maybe just a warning
in this instance you got a citation it
could have a criminal charge on there
and require a court appearance but maybe
it's just a simple citation at mn safety
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