emergencyops's Blog

Today's police chase was one of the most captivating ones I have ever witnessed on TV. It could partly be because it occurred not in Los Angeles, but in the heart of the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex. Finishing up a workday in Arlington, we could hear the sirens and helicopters overhead.

2 car-jackings and one 18-wheeler commandeering later, the deranged man (speaking nothing but political rhetoric and alleged racial injustices) was finally stopped and his hostage freed. The dramatic conclusion in unincorporated western Fort Worth were caught on-film by FOX 4 and shown to the tens of thousands watching from their sofas.

What was the man thinking? Could he realistically change the world by committing multiple felonies and taking a hostage? No. While terroristic actions like his may be the first option for radicals in third-world countries ... this is America. There are ways to bring about change and there are ways to not. He chose the latter. He chose violence. Civil rights founders would roll in their graves.