This fleeing suspect seemed to want suicide by cop, but not by mud. After the trouble this man caused, good thing he asked the cops for help and not the woman he was assaulting. He may have gotten a different response.
Adam Banks was reportedly assaulting his female passenger inside the PT Cruiser he was driving down a highway in Sonoma County, California. Police were called, and when Banks saw he was being pursued, he sped up. But the car’s front tire became damaged and the car slowed down. That’s when his female passenger jumped out of the car. Banks then turned around and hit her with the car, and then hit a parked CHP car. When the Cruiser came to a halt, Banks jumped out of his car, and fled on foot, straight into the swampy marshlands.
Police Wouldn’t Have Shot, Didn’t Need to Save
Police are allowed to use deadly force when it is necessary and proportional. Banks either did not know the law, or did not know he was stuck in the mud, and therefore deadly force wasn’t necessary to apprehend him. There was no way a police officer was going to shoot him. But did the police have a duty to save him? Probably not.
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