Teen arrested in crash that killed his girlfriend...

Imagine this fictitious scenario for a moment:

You're a cop and you receive a call on your radio about a "situation" in progress at the local high school's football game. You hear that there was a teenage couple at the game. Another teenage boy starts talking to the girl, the boyfriend gets angry, jealous and ends up punching the other boy. He also is angry at his girlfriend for talking to this boy. He grabs the girlfriend by the arm and forces her to go with him in his vehicle. The girl is terrified and does not want to be in the vehicle with the boyfriend.

As the cop, you see the two teenagers and go to pull them over but the boy driving will not stop. You know you have to get the girl away from the boyfriend before he hurts her...or worse. Are you going to pursue your chase?

Now, we all know that this was NOT the real scenario. At the moment though, this is could have been a real possibility as far as the police officer knew.

Should the cop be to blame because he gave chase? No, he didn't know exactly what the situation was.

Do I think the boy driving should be punished as an adult to the fullest extent of the law? No, he is a kid...he made a mistake. Unfortunately it was a fatal mistake. I don't know him personally but I am willing to bet that he is being punished for his bad decisions. Should he be prosecuted? Yes, but as a juvenile. If he is found guilty of the charges, I only hope the judge uses a modecum of common sense and empathy before sentencing him.

He is NOT a hardened criminal belonging in prison.

Its a very sad and unfortunate situation for both families. I wish them all peace.