A new viral video has hit the web showing a high-speed chase between Arkansas State Police (ASP) and a C7-generation Chevy Corvette, with law enforcement successfully ending the pursuit by punting the Vette into a wall. In the video, we see law enforcement surround the Corvette and unleash a K-9 unit into the cabin. The suspect was charged with felony fleeing, possession of cocaine, refusal to submit to arrest, and other charges.
The incident occurred on the night of December 7th, 2024, around 9:49 p.m. local time. According to a police report, Arkansas State Troopers were patrolling Interstate 40 eastbound when they were alerted that a white Chevy sports car was engaged in a police chase with West Memphis PD. Troopers spotted the C7 speeding past at over 100 mph before joining the pursuit.
In the video, we see the Corvette driving at a high rate of speed, weaving around traffic as law enforcement attempt to keep pace. Eventually, one of the officers manages to slow the C7 alongside a tractor-trailer, boxing them in and enabling allowing officer to perform a Tactical Vehicle Intervention (TVI), otherwise known as a PIT maneuver.
As the officer rams the Corvette, we see it spin, colliding with the side of the massive tractor trailer before smashing into a concrete barrier and coming to a rest in front of the trooper’s patrol car.
The chase and subsequent crash is shown from multiple perspectives, including a view of the Corvette clipping the tractor trailer at speed.
We later see police surround the Corvette, ordering the driver to show their hands and exit the vehicle. Police smash the windows, and the driver puts their hands out over the door. It appears as though the driver attempts to exit through the window, as the driver’s side door is blocked by the patrol vehicle, but the driver struggles to get out. It’s at that point that police unleash the K-9 unit, resulting in a rather disturbing scene as the driver screams in pain while the K-9 unit mauls them.
The Corvette was later confirmed to be stolen, and police reportedly identified “white powdery substance in a folded one-dollar bill” in the suspect’s wallet, which tested positive for cocaine in a field test.
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The pit is professional, but the aftermath is pathetic police work. Keystone cops are alive and well.
You know I hate to say this but what he experienced was likely going yo contribute more yo his rehabilitation than anything else the Judge will do.
As they say experience is a teacher but a hell of a way to learn. May this experience keep him from repeating.
I feel bad for the car owner as it is totaled.
I see severaL issues. It appears they are traveling too fast to safely conduct the PIT maneuver. Secondly, why would the officer initiate the PIT while traveling beside a semi-truck? Finally, they deployed the K9 too fast through the passenger side window which basically blocked the suspect's natural exit since there was a patrol car intruding into the driver's compartment. There's liability issues all over this incident.
The only speed restrictions that realistically apply to a PIT are that you can’t do it below 35 or so because below that speed the car being PITted doesn’t have enough momentum to actually swing around like it’s supposed to, so you wind up with it simply being rammed and then shoved sideways by the patrol car.
Georgia Tech did a series of simulations 20+ years ago for GSP and showed that with low CoG vehicles performing a PIT is safe up to something like 150mph, which is why GSP (like ASP) has no speed attached to their PIT policy.
No colorable liability issues here due to *Scott* v. *Harris*.
PIT should be done in a spot or gap w/o traffic. The Vette could have gone UNDER the semi and caused a huge accident. The should have held the dogs and tazed FIRST if needed.
Adrenaline took over, apparent lack of supervision at the scene.
That PIT was done perfectly in line with how it’s supposed to be done, the issue was the low speed resulting in it not spinning and instead winding up being rammed and then shoved sideways down the roadway by the patrol car—as I said. You always PIT from the side of the vehicle that you want it to turn, which in this case would have been away from the truck and into a part of the road that had no traffic present.
There’s no way for the Corvette to “have gone UNDER the semi and caused a huge accident” either, as they had passed the (rapidly slowing) semi before the PIT was initiated at low speed.
You don’t go for a taser in a situation like that because it doesn’t solve the problem of the driver still being in the car. The dog does, and the dog was never actually released into the car either. There’s zero distinction between using the dog and tasing him in that situation.
The US is such a violent society. This is pure savagery.
Don't do the crime asshat if you can’t handle the consequences.
Hope the dog didn’t get food poisoning .
Arkansas … it all started with Billy Bob .
It's hard enough to exit a 'vette when the door is open.
Lot of play acting by the driver. Police aren't fooled.
If that was my car, I can't think of a more fitting punishment than the thief to be eaten by a Police dog. Bone-appetite.
Unbelievable!