Here is a video from a police dashcam.  The officer bumps the rear of a motorcycle twice.  The second time the biker loses control and dies in the crash.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zC4ZLlN_rw

The Daily Mail carried the story today and they report that the Deputy was watching for speeders when the man went by at a high rate of speed.  So basically it was a speeding violation and subsequent failure to pull over that led to this man's death.  Apparently the Sheriff's Dept. is blaming the biker, saying that he slowed down forcing the deputy to rear end him.

Apparently the Sheriff's Dept. is blaming the biker, saying that he slowed down forcing the deputy to rear end him.


Try that defense when you hit someone in the rear.

What slows quicker?
Fat boy on a HD or a cop car?
If I could stomach watching it again id go see if the brake light lights.
I'd watch the speed,

The video is not High Definition, and the back of the motorcycle is washed out from the brightness of the chase car headlights.....I can't make out the tail lights or brake lights....just a white glare.  It is also nearly impossible to make out what the rider is going with his hands as he is losing control and the bike is moving around violently as the rider tries to keep the bike upright.

To my untrained eye - and without the benefit of being able to feel the braking forces involved - it does appear the officer intentionally got too close and bumped the motorcycle the first time - however the speed on the first bump was 88mph, and the second bump occurred about 3 second later at 64mph...and the short time interval would suggest that the car was braking pretty hard between the 1st and 2nd bump.

Although the bump(s) did cause the rider to have difficulty controlling the bike and certainly had an affect on the ability of the rider to control the motorcycle - the crash came about as the rider was going over to the right side of the roadway and tried to pass a car on the right side at the same time the driver was pulling over to the curb to get out of the way of the Police Car and the flashing lights he saw coming up behind him.  I am sure the driver could not see what was going on in his rear view mirror - he was just pulling over to get out of the way.  

No. He's a Suspect. Never okay to cause a crash. Plenty of o ther cops.

There's been a few police related accidents in Philly recently that make me wonder. In the last one the patrol car hit a pedestrian who subsequently died. Over the winter there was a high speed chase where the police crashed into an uninvolved motorist killing him. Another similar incident in Camden, NJ recently too. I'm thinking the people in charge with handing out moving violations need to learn how to drive themselves.
I've personally observed some pretty negligent driving on the part of cops around my area, running lights, turning without signals, cutting people off, tailgating and wandering distractedly in and out of their lane. I'd suggest whatever driving training they are giving isn't good enough or skills assessments after the fact are not happening.
It's a shame when cops can't drive.

As for the USA and it's random incidents of killing citizens I'm sure the longer Trump is in office the worse this situation is going to get. IMO the cops have been emboldened by his presence to be more aggressive and violent. Naturally this will lead to even higher incidents of civilians killing cops. Makes for interesting times ahead.
I'm waiting for the inevitable call to martial law. The stage is being set...

Two idiots here the cop and the biker. If the biker would have pulled over he would still be alive,he started the chain of bad decisions that caused his own death. He would have crashed without the cops help sooner or later and maybe killed someone else in the process. Still no excuses for this cops bad decision causing a death , he will go unpunished ,you watch ! But I see a huge civil suit happening !

Rev. JOG maybe you should read all that again slowly. I don't take sides here. The biker made the first bad decision, In turn took the gamble and lost big time , he could have been hit by cross traffic as well but he still made the decision not to stop. The cop also make a bad decision to bump him and then again , taking a life. He deserves to go to jail but we all know a judge will rule it was justified , in turn he will go unpunished. That's real world crap and you know it. Isn't much difference if he used his bumper or his pistol is it !