8 dead in crash after police chased a suspected human smuggler, Texas officials say

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.

stella,

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.

PrincessLeiasCat,
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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.

girlfreddy,
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It gives cops real boners to know they helped murder people. So they do give a shit, just for selfish purposes tho.

bus_go_fast,

Was the chase worth it? Dipshits.

PlantDadManGuy,

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.

bradorsomething,

Can you give me a hypothetical sex traffic victim to dead person person conversion table?

Asking for some Austin cops…

andrewta,

50 to 1

stella,

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.

Draedron,

Why do you think children were sold into sex slavery here? This is just about illegal migration. Why do you weirdos assume everything is about raping children?

cuibono,

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.

psycho_driver,

Holy shit that was a brutal wreck. Both vehicles mostly disintegrated. I hope no kids were involved.

girlfreddy,

And ofc the cops won’t say how fast they were going.

If you’re gonna be a cop and engage in behavior that endangers others, you better be able to own up to it.

pr06lefs,

Or else what? Extra vacation?

bus_go_fast,

you better be able to own up to it.

Why? They’re good at lying!

bradorsomething,

Israel reports that all victims of the crash were Hamas.

girlfreddy,
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Because it’s what real adults do. Otherwise they’re simply announcing they’re spoiled bratty children who were never taught what responsibility means.

Sir_Kevin,
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The police were worried about people’s safety, so the police killed everyone, including Innocent bystanders.

NotMyOldRedditName,

It’s policy to not engage in high speed chases like that in many places just for that reason.

snooggums,
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Robocop was a documentary.

rockSlayer,

Perhaps we shouldn’t punish people for crossing imaginary lines

ripe_banana,
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…and definitely not capitally punish them

rockSlayer,

or throw them into concentration camps

surewhynotlem,

It’s ok, we’re renaming them to focus groups. Much more humane sounding.

girlfreddy,

I wanna know when the hell LEOs are gonna learn that a high-speed chase is NEVER worth 8 lives.

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