Chilean Police Doesn’t Take Kindly to Runners, Serves a Healthy Dose of Justice

Well, it could be argued that once you decided to go down the crime path, you implicitly renounced all of your rights as a citizen - well, most of them, as you still have your basic human rights and, theoretically, the benefit of the doubt.

When you’ve got four squad cars following you with their sirens wailing and lights flashing, and yet you drag them all on a few minutes long pursuit, that benefit of the doubt is gone out the window: you’re either very guilty or very stupid. And it’s a well-known fact that both of these will eventually make you pay.

Now, being a criminal is not something people aspire to from birth. You never hear a kid say “I want to be a drug lord” when asked “what would you like to be when you grow up?” Doctor, firefighter and even police officer are still some of the first options, even though the list might have become a little more varied lately.

But say you’ve had the misfortune of a lousy education, a bad entourage and not the strongest of wills, so now you’ve ended up on the wrong side of the law. There’s still some hope for you: you could live in a country with a very good justice system, nice prisons and well-mannered police forces.

Ha, I thought we’ve already cleared up the fact that you’re not exactly the lucky type. Nope, it’s not just that you’re a criminal, you’re a Chilean criminal. And that means you have to deal with the Chilean police. Do you think they’re going to appreciate the fact that you’ve left the hazard lights on during the chase?

At least you don’t have to wait for too long to find out. The police cars following the runaway Hyundai sedan wait patiently for an opportunity to bring it to a stop through a combined effort, before lashing at the car’s occupant. What follows could be considered excessive use of force in some parts of the world, but then again, you don’t see any guns being fluttered around, so at least there’s that.