Canadian Politics Today

Actually, I qualified the last 3 times.

You assume he didn't know a guy in a cop uniform was a cop?  The kid is dumb but probably not that dumb.  In your world everyone is apparently an innocent victim in a police encounter.

I dunno, I don't know what the lighting conditions were like, the kid's state of mind or anything like that. i do know that there's a reason police are supposed to announce that they are police before trying to detain someone.

The kid was charged with evading detention and assault on an officer.  The plates on the car didn't belong to that car, but the car wasn't stolen.

And those charges were quickly dropped.

I have no idea what the proper procedure is in this situation once he starts fleeing.  What do you think it is?  Options:

-Get back in his car and chase him?  Then you're also risking the lives of others in a vehicle chase, and the cop was on foot so the car likely would have got away.

-Make sure to get the plates on video before car is approached, then arrive at their house  (wouldn't work with a stolen vehicle).

-Shoot at the driver (danger to driver, passenger, and bystanders, plus cop could also get shot at if driver/passenger has a gun).

-Do nothing, let him get away, file a police report. This option means anyone (if they're in a stolen vehicle) can just drive away from any cop if approached.

I'm not sure what the ideal solution is, they all have negatives.

I'm not sure. IDK why he could n't have called for back up or use his vehicle to block the other car. I think what happened was, he thought the car was the one that got away from him before, his ego was bruised so he decided to be a tough guy instead of  being smart.