Posted by bheid408 on 8/2/2015 6:21:00 PM (view original):
You suggest that the cop should have let him drive away. Then what? Evidently you feel if someone doesn't cooperate the cops should just let them go. How is that going to make things better?
If you're restricting the choices to two, shoot him in the head or let him get away, then yes, let him get away.
There are other options. The most sensible seems to be what any other cop would do, get in your car and follow him. If he gets away, oh well, you have his plate. Wait for him at home.
I bet, if he's honest, Tensing would choose this option if he could do it over again.