Actually, it doesn't piss me off at all. If you look at what this case is actually about instead of what is "spinned" as, it is a good case. Wether the officer should have been chasing him is not the question, what is the question is wether the action of the officer causing him to lose control was unreasonable
force. In a nutshell, yes it was. Was it wrong, no it wasn't. It was a crap shoot, either the car would spin out and stop or it would lose control and wreck. You cannot argue that the crash happened because of the manuever, it did and the guy got hurt because of it. Should the city pay, yes it should and it should have a budget set up to pay for these things. Was the officer wrong and should they quit using the practice, no on both counts.
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I'd rather see every single criminal with a car get away before one single innocent bystander get killed or injured because they were being chased.
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So would I. I would also rather see every single guilty person get away before one single person went to jail. I would also rather see a couple of extra zero's tacked on to my paycheck. Unfortunately, those are all wishes and if wishes were horses then beggers would ride. Law enforcement already has to fight crime with one hand tied behind their back. I am not willing, nor would I encourage, tying the other hand also.