California Car Chase

OK, this is one of those purely Californian oddities: the car chase. Some weirdo just stole a car, led the police on a 1.5 hour car chase involving spikes, pit maneuvers, and about 1 dozen police cars. He drove over the spike strips, causing the tires to be worn down to the rims. The various pit maneuvers must have resulted in his bumper hanging off for the better (worse?) part of the chase. He stuck his head out the window to wave at the helicopters up above. He drove in circles in the middle of one intersection, carving these huge donut rings into the asphalt. People were wandering out of buildings to go have a good look at him, and I am like: “what the heck? what if he has a gun?!” The police finally had enough, and pulled a really awesome “pit maneuver” (whatever that is)…well, the cop basically rear-ended him, causing the car to spin 90 degrees and end up in the center divider. What does the genius do? Thankfully, he did not run or pull out a gun. No, he very peacefully and matter of factly popped out of the car, raised his arms, and dropped to the ground on his belly.

How weird. How strange. How very L.A. (No need to point out how strange we were to watch it…we only caught the last 15 minutes or so!)

Ohhh, this was my point: If you want an ad-free newshour, just have someone lead the cops on a car-chase. Why did they cover that thing with no ads whatsoever? What’s so special about this dude that he gets uninterrupted coverage?