elfatvis wrote:
> Police chase brings Detroit teen's life to unexpected end
>
> December 31, 1999
>
> By M. L. ELRICK
> FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER
>
> He was a hard worker and excellent chess player -- quiet, but not quite
> shy -- who hung out at Borders Books & Music and was good with little
> kids. And, although he lately had appeared withdrawn, he hardly seemed
> like the type to steal a car and flee from police.
>
> But, for reasons Carnez Griffin of Detroit can't fathom, his
> 16-year-old son Julian stole a car in Farmington Hills Wednesday, led
> police on a chase in Livonia, and died after careening the car
> into a utility pole.
>
> "I know what I would think if I heard a story like this: Some punk kid
> got what he deserved," Griffin said. "But that wasn't the case."
>
> Griffin said Thursday evening that he doesn't dispute that his son
> stole the car or led the chase. He just doesn't know why.
>
> "This is definitely abnormal behavior for him," he said of the Cass
> Technical High School student who liked basketball and worked at a
> coney island near the video store where he allegedly hopped in a
> running car and drove off.
>
> Officials in Farmington Hills and Livonia said police followed Julian
> Griffin for a couple miles before turning on their overhead emergency
> lights and attempting to pull him over on Middlebelt near Seven Mile in
> Livonia.
>
> At that point, Farmington Hills police Chief William Dwyer said, Julian
> Griffin sped off. Police pursued him for about a mile, accelerating to
> about 50 m.p.h. in the 40 m.p.h. zone, Dwyer said.
>
> A video of the chase taken by a camera mounted on a pursuing Farmington
> Hills police car shows Griffin veering off onto Six Mile as he
> approached a police roadblock at Middlebelt and Six Mile.
>
> Griffin, who according to state records was not a licensed driver , hit
> a utility pole and the car broke apart. He was pronounced dead at
> Botsford General Hospital in Farmington Hills.
>
> Carnez Griffin said police told him at the hospital that the chase
> reached speeds of 100 m.p.h., but Dwyer said police never exceeded 50
> m.p.h. "It's clear that all aspects of the department's pursuit-driving
> order were followed," he said after reviewing 911 tapes and the video
> of the chase. "The officer took the appropriate precautions, the
> speeds never exceeded over 50 miles per hour, so
> it wasn't a really high-speed pursuit."
>
> Dwyer said Julian Griffin's speed, which he estimated at more than 50
> m.p.h., and slippery road conditions apparently caused him to slam
> into the utility pole.
>
> Livonia Deputy Chief of Police William Morris said Livonia police are
> reviewing their officers' actions, adding that a preliminary review
> indicates that police acted appropriately.
>
> Dwyer said police found a holster and a loaded .38-caliber handgun on
> Julian Griffin when they pulled him out of the stolen car.
>
> Carnez Griffin, who is the legal owner of the registered gun, said he
> thought his son didn't know he had a gun.
>
> In subdued tones, he said it was just another unlikely aspect to the
> mysterious end of a good kid.
>
> "For the last couple of weeks, he seemed to be going through something
> where he just wasn't talking or expressing himself," Carnez Griffin
> said of his son, who was the second youngest of six children.
>
> He said Julian Griffin did not drink or take drugs, but he speculated,
> "somewhere he got some bad influences."
>
> Whatever the case may be, Dwyer said: "We're saddened ...It's certainly
> a tragedy when the young life of a 16-year-old is ended."
>
> http://www.freep.com/news/metro/cops31_19991231.htm
>
> The coonboy saved taxpayers a bundle by dying at the scene too.
>
> http://www.lawstreet.com/lawguide/FECOLIM.html#fair
>
> Unlike the energizer bunny, the jungle bunny is going no where fast.
> http://209.207.161.114/jr_nschool.zip
> No igual al conejo energizer, el conejo de la jungla no va a ningun
> lugar rapido.
> ©1999 elfatvis
>
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elfatvis wrote:
> Doesn't the title to my post say basically the same thing.
>
> Unlike the energizer bunny, the jungle bunny is going no where fast.
> http://209.207.161.114/jr_nschool.zip
> No igual al conejo energizer, el conejo de la jungla no va a ningun
> lugar rapido.
> ©1999 elfatvis
>
Unlike the energizer bunny, the jungle bunny is going no where fast.
http://209.207.161.114/jr_nschool.zip
No igual al conejo energizer, el conejo de la jungla no va a ningun
lugar rapido.
©1999 elfatvis
On Thu, 30 Dec 1999 22:07:13 -0800 spectre <spe...@pacbell.net> wrote:
> More like stupidity. Its this bullshit music which does it. In his mind he
> was living out some stupid gangta video.
>
> elfatvis wrote:
>