<P>The Chinese Embassy is a property of China. Any visitors of another nationality are the same as visiting tourists in China. U.S. police officers clearly do not have jurisdiction inside. They sure do not have any rights or authorization to arrest anyone inside the Chinese Embassy.</P>
<P>From the information we have gathered so far, we cannot classify the vehicle our Vice-Consul was driving as anything other than a suspecious vehicle. When multiple marked police units turned on their lights and sirens chasing this vehicle, Vice-Consul should have at least turned on the emergency lights to acknowledge the traffic stop and pull over when he finds a safe public place. Alternatively, he could have called 911 and communicated with the local PD. This way, police officers will know it's him and will discontinue the pursuit. He did not do any of these, but continued to ignore the police while he was still on U.S. land. </P>
<P>Imagine if you are one of the police officers in the pursuit. You are called to respond to a suspecious vehicle with no license plate and dark tints. You turn on lights and sirens and the car does not stop, turn on emergency lights, or even slow down. You patiently continue the pursuit from a distance hoping that he will not run into other innocient traffic killing other drivers. You are calling backup and waiting for a chance to stop him when it's safe to do so. Suddenly he continues to enter the Chinese Embassy building. This act is a textbook replay of multiple embassy bombings and shootings done by terrorists that happen over time in various countries. At this point, you have two choices: either leave and pray that nothing happens, or continue and make sure that personnel inside the Chinese Embassy will not be harmed by occupants of this unmarked suspicious vehicle without a license plate who will not stop for police. </P>
<P>If I were one of the police officers, I will choose to go in and find out. Reasoning is if I go in, and I catch the wrong person, I may simply be punished for ignoring the rules, but if I catch a terrorist, I will have saved lives. Most police officers will go out of their way to save lives, even if there is a risk of getting badly injured. </P>
作者: 时间:2010年04月29日 11:33 查看全文