They keep voting for more of the same, so they get it; no sympathy here.

Chicago cops are now barred from chasing criminals who run away

[T]he new policy makes clear that the days of officers giving chase just because someone tries to get away from them are over.

“People may avoid contact with a member for many reasons other than involvement in criminal activity,” the policy states.

Yeah, like an urgent need to pee, for instance, or they’re late for their MENSA meeting; I get it.

The police out there are already prohibited from chasing criminals in motor vehicles, so this will end that unfair advantage: just because a criminal is lucky enough to have a (probably stolen) car, why should he be treated better than a foot felon? That’s racist!

And the change is long overdue:

The move comes more than a year after two foot pursuits ended with cops fatally shooting 13-year-old Adam Toledo and 22-year-old Anthony Alvarez in separate March 2021 incidents.

Toledo and Alvarez, who were armed when they ran from police in separate March 2021 pursuits, were not mentioned in the news release announcing the policy or the policy itself.

Toledo was shot in the chest after dropping a gun and raising his hands, and Alvarez was shot in the back while brandishing a gun.

UPDATE: I hadn’t known that a very wise man saw this coming, years ago: