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Article: Tilting at windmills.(various items on Washington, D.C., politics, culture)(Editorial)
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- The Washington Monthly
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- April 1, 1998
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The Return of the House Call * Foot Fetishes * FDR's Affairs * Black and White Justice * The Case of the Missing Convertible
Sometimes lawyers do good. I make the concession grudgingly, of course, but here's a case that demands it. You will recall the West Virginia couple whose daughter was killed by a car being pursued by state police at speeds exceeding 100 miles per hour. It appears possible that the high speed may have been at least partially motivated by the fact that the police were being filmed by a television crew from "Real Stories of the Highway Patrol"
The state legislature reacted by increasing the penalties for drivers who flee the police. The ...