Journalists should stop misidentifying “warrantless pursuits” as “police chases”
CLEVELAND, OH – Journalists must stop describing warrantless pursuits as “police chases” because it creates public confusion about the “legal” definitions of the criminal acts that are associated with them. Warrantless pursuits are not video games. Life isn’t “Grand Theft Auto.” It’s the same with words like “carjacking.” No such words exist in the Ohio Revised Code as a criminal offense. What occurred on private property owned by the Target Corporation was the “theft” of an automobile by “force” which made it an “aggravated robbery.” The individual who took the vehicle by force was not “authorized to use it” which…
