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Would you inform the police of an accident victim's suspicious behavior?

A man was driving through an intersection with a green light when a woman ran a red light and ran into him. When he found out the police had been called, he went to his car and took out a package which he threw in the bushes. Would you make it a point to tell the police, even if they didn't interview you as a witness to the accident? Why or why not?
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kty2777
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Marked as Best! November 07, 2009 08:48 AM
You're referring to the victim here - it was the woman who ran the red light.

Sometimes I wonder if victims are persecuted too much for things unrelated to the incident. In this case, the accident was caused by the woman, that's what you've been witness to. That is all you need to tell and that's all you are need to report.

what did you really see? Do you know for sure?
a little compassion for an innocent victim?
reasonable doubt?

would it help the victim in any way to say something? would that help them to be compensated for the injury that they have suffered?

really...
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pjmom23
pjmom23
November 07, 2009 06:06 PM
I agree. I don't like the idea of drugs just laying out in the community, but he was the accident victim here. I think that the accident is what needs to be focussed on now. If he is dealing, doing, or creating drugs, then he will eventually be caught. The focus should be on pressing charges against the woman for running that red light.
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pjmom23
pjmom23
November 07, 2009 06:53 PM
I did forget one small thing. If I was a law enforcement official, I would be bound by an oath to tell the other law enforcement officials what I saw, up to including going and seeing for myself what the object was that he threw out of his car. My answer above was based on the fact that I am not in law enforcement. :D
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jasonyip3
jasonyip3
November 07, 2009 02:21 AM
Yes of course. He may still be hurt from the accident, and the throwing out of the package is suspicious and the package will need to be recovered. It is for the best interests of the community.
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vicgoodwin...
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November 07, 2009 02:41 AM
Yes absolutely.
He might have been intoxicated and the cause of the accident. I think it is in the best interest of everyone for you to mention this to the police. Since he threw something into the shrub, he is hiding something.
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tealmyster
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November 08, 2009 12:23 AM
Absolutely. I was recently a witness to a 3 car crash. The main car that caused the crash, the daughter was still in the car and her mother went lfying out the window and I saw the mother get up and grab a purse and throw it into the bushes. I tyold the police officer, they took about 30 minutes to find the purse and low and behold it had a bunch of heroin, two syringes and some weed. The small details can sometimes tell the whole story :)
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