Comments on: School Principal Dies When Hit Head-on By Man Fleeing Police; Suspect Also Dead http://www.northescambia.com/2010/08/school-principal-dies-when-hit-head-on-by-man-fleeing-brewton-police-suspect-also-dead Local News for Molino, Bratt, McDavid, Century, Walnut Hill, Cantonment Wed, 22 Apr 2026 06:07:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: David Huie Green http://www.northescambia.com/2010/08/school-principal-dies-when-hit-head-on-by-man-fleeing-brewton-police-suspect-also-dead/comment-page-2#comment-50271 David Huie Green Sat, 14 Aug 2010 21:18:47 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=24765#comment-50271 I just can't see patterning our life around Muslim ways such as lopping off hands and heads. There must be more humane ways to deal with criminals which will stop them from committing crimes. I DO wish movies didn't show chase scenes in which people pull off extremely dangerous driving without anyone at all being hurt, though. I used to joke about Burt Reynolds’ car in Smokey and the Bandit, how the car never got a scratch. Most people would drive safer if they just realized how easy it is to damage a fender--say nothing to killing someone by accident. I just can’t see patterning our life around Muslim ways such as lopping off hands and heads. There must be more humane ways to deal with criminals which will stop them from committing crimes.

I DO wish movies didn’t show chase scenes in which people pull off extremely dangerous driving without anyone at all being hurt, though.

I used to joke about Burt Reynolds’ car in Smokey and the Bandit, how the car never got a scratch. Most people would drive safer if they just realized how easy it is to damage a fender–say nothing to killing someone by accident.

]]> By: Wonder http://www.northescambia.com/2010/08/school-principal-dies-when-hit-head-on-by-man-fleeing-brewton-police-suspect-also-dead/comment-page-2#comment-50243 Wonder Sat, 14 Aug 2010 12:26:25 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=24765#comment-50243 The reason we got all this CRIME ,, the ,, USA is to soft on CRIME ,, we have to keep our doors locked ,, and ever thing else ,, so no one will still ,, what we have worked for , WE SHOULD DO LIKE,, SADIA ARABIA ,, IF A MAN CAUGHT STEALING ,, CHOP HIS HANDS OFF , THAT WOULD GET EVER BODY'S ATTENTION , MABY HAVE A FEW HANGING UP ON THE COURT HOUSE LAWN ,,IF WE DON'T DO SOMETHING THE GOOD PEOPLE ,, WILL NOT HAVE A CHANCE .... The reason we got all this CRIME ,, the ,, USA is to soft on CRIME ,, we have to keep our doors locked ,, and ever thing else ,, so no one will still ,, what we have worked for , WE SHOULD DO LIKE,, SADIA ARABIA ,, IF A MAN CAUGHT STEALING ,, CHOP HIS HANDS OFF , THAT WOULD GET EVER BODY’S ATTENTION , MABY HAVE A FEW HANGING UP ON THE COURT HOUSE LAWN ,,IF WE DON’T DO SOMETHING THE GOOD PEOPLE ,, WILL NOT HAVE A CHANCE ….

]]> By: Wonder http://www.northescambia.com/2010/08/school-principal-dies-when-hit-head-on-by-man-fleeing-brewton-police-suspect-also-dead/comment-page-2#comment-50241 Wonder Sat, 14 Aug 2010 12:04:31 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=24765#comment-50241 This is one of the most tradget things we have ever wittnessed , and my heart goes out to the family . But people are just looking for some one to blame , And you know what ,, they never want to blame the bad guy ,, the criminals can do any thing they want to , terriorize the people , and get away with any thing it looks like , and then if some one get hurt , all people wants to do is blame , The Law , for trying to stop them . Good people has always had to suffer for the bad guys , Look at all the men AND WOMEN , in the armed forces dying ever day to give us FREEDOM , People need to wake up and realize CRIME IS TAKEING OVER ,, SUPPORT YOUR LAW INFORCE MENT This is one of the most tradget things we have ever wittnessed , and my heart goes out to the family .
But people are just looking for some one to blame , And you know what ,, they never want to blame the bad guy ,, the criminals can do any thing they want to , terriorize the people , and get away with any thing it looks like , and then if some one get hurt , all people wants to do is blame , The Law , for trying to stop them .
Good people has always had to suffer for the bad guys , Look at all the men AND WOMEN , in the armed forces dying ever day to give us FREEDOM , People need to wake up and realize CRIME IS TAKEING OVER ,, SUPPORT YOUR LAW INFORCE MENT

]]> By: idunno/ dick tracy http://www.northescambia.com/2010/08/school-principal-dies-when-hit-head-on-by-man-fleeing-brewton-police-suspect-also-dead/comment-page-2#comment-50136 idunno/ dick tracy Fri, 13 Aug 2010 12:20:49 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=24765#comment-50136 William, where'd ya find all these intelects? Suppose I'm a cop & I see a man toss or push a female from his vehicle, which is Domestic Violence,.......I'm gonna let him take off & go get his name & info from the female, then have a warrant issued....or......I see a hooded suspect run outa a bank, I'm gonna go jot down his tag # , as he is fleeing, & issue a warrant......you people make me sick. Let's just get rid of LEO, we don't need them do we??? This is a very sad situation, for all involved, but it all happened because Reid made a choice. A VERY BAD CHOICE..... Who would all you citizen/lawyers lay blame on if the officer had just let him go, & later that night he killed his wife? Why LEO of course..... William, where’d ya find all these intelects? Suppose I’m a cop & I see a man toss or push a female from his vehicle, which is Domestic Violence,…….I’m gonna let him take off & go get his name & info from the female, then have a warrant issued….or……I see a hooded suspect run outa a bank, I’m gonna go jot down his tag # , as he is fleeing, & issue a warrant……you people make me sick. Let’s just get rid of LEO, we don’t need them do we??? This is a very sad situation, for all involved, but it all happened because Reid made a choice. A VERY BAD CHOICE….. Who would all you citizen/lawyers lay blame on if the officer had just let him go, & later that night he killed his wife? Why LEO of course…..

]]> By: EMT http://www.northescambia.com/2010/08/school-principal-dies-when-hit-head-on-by-man-fleeing-brewton-police-suspect-also-dead/comment-page-2#comment-50125 EMT Fri, 13 Aug 2010 06:14:36 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=24765#comment-50125 You know this happens every day some one wants to blame some one else if someone lost there life. Go back a read the update on the wreck, The door of the vehicle would repeatedly open and close, open and close,” the police chief said officers observed in the department’s parking lot. As the Brewton officer approached the car, it sped away, headed north on Highway 31. Now was the cop out of his car or in his car when he saw this, if he was out of the car and walking up to Reids car when he pulled out there is no way that he could have cought up with Reid. Reid had some distance between him and the cop so why did Reid keep driving at a high rate of speed. Now back to, The door of the vehicle would repeatedly open and close, open and close.What does this tell you, to me it tells me that the woman wanted out of the car but he would not let her. Also in the update is,The officer gave chase,” McGougin said. About that time, a woman was “tossed” from the car, he said. The woman was not injured. Shortly after the chase began, the officer “put a great distance” between his car and the suspect vehicle by 8:04 p.m. You can blame the cop all you want , you can say they are all bad, that they are to young, that they have no respect for the public. I read in one of the comments where cops would run lights to get to a MVA I want them to run lights to help me, there are people that will not even slow down to a Ambulance so I want them there to Protect me from people like you, to keep me from getting killed while trying to help some one else in there time of need. Just remember when you dial 911 who is the first person there, it will be a cop, even if it is a fight and you need a Ambulance we will not come on scene until a cop has made it safe for everyone. There has been a lot of comments that there did not have to be a chase, that they knew the man, true but how could they find him, or all they had to do is get a tag number, true also but how do they know the car was not stolen, they could have picked him up latter, true again but how do they know he was not going to take her life, they don't and neither do you. No matter what you do when it is your time to meet God nothing you can do will change that, I can Promise you HWY 31 was not empty with cars from the Brewton PD to where the wreck happened. So look at all the cars that had familes in them, all the cars that had teenagers driving them. So don't blame the cops they did not make him run he decided he was not going to go to jail no matter what he had to do. So if you are going to blame soneone blame Reid for running from the Brewton PD parking lot and putting everones life in danger on the HWY when all he had to do was stay put!! Prayers going out this morning to my hometown and Coach Rotch’s family For there Lost of a love one. You know this happens every day some one wants to blame some one else if someone lost there life. Go back a read the update on the wreck, The door of the vehicle would repeatedly open and close, open and close,” the police chief said officers observed in the department’s parking lot. As the Brewton officer approached the car, it sped away, headed north on Highway 31. Now was the cop out of his car or in his car when he saw this, if he was out of the car and walking up to Reids car when he pulled out there is no way that he could have cought up with Reid. Reid had some distance between him and the cop so why did Reid keep driving at a high rate of speed. Now back to, The door of the vehicle would repeatedly open and close, open and close.What does this tell you, to me it tells me that the woman wanted out of the car but he would not let her. Also in the update is,The officer gave chase,” McGougin said. About that time, a woman was “tossed” from the car, he said. The woman was not injured. Shortly after the chase began, the officer “put a great distance” between his car and the suspect vehicle by 8:04 p.m. You can blame the cop all you want , you can say they are all bad, that they are to young, that they have no respect for the public. I read in one of the comments where cops would run lights to get to a MVA I want them to run lights to help me, there are people that will not even slow down to a Ambulance so I want them there to Protect me from people like you, to keep me from getting killed while trying to help some one else in there time of need. Just remember when you dial 911 who is the first person there, it will be a cop, even if it is a fight and you need a Ambulance we will not come on scene until a cop has made it safe for everyone.
There has been a lot of comments that there did not have to be a chase, that they knew the man, true but how could they find him, or all they had to do is get a tag number, true also but how do they know the car was not stolen, they could have picked him up latter, true again but how do they know he was not going to take her life, they don’t and neither do you. No matter what you do when it is your time to meet God nothing you can do will change that, I can Promise you HWY 31 was not empty with cars from the Brewton PD to where the wreck happened. So look at all the cars that had familes in them, all the cars that had teenagers driving them. So don’t blame the cops they did not make him run he decided he was not going to go to jail no matter what he had to do. So if you are going to blame soneone blame Reid for running from the Brewton PD parking lot and putting everones life in danger on the HWY when all he had to do was stay put!!
Prayers going out this morning to my hometown and Coach Rotch’s family For there Lost of a love one.

]]> By: cloud http://www.northescambia.com/2010/08/school-principal-dies-when-hit-head-on-by-man-fleeing-brewton-police-suspect-also-dead/comment-page-2#comment-50098 cloud Fri, 13 Aug 2010 00:31:32 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=24765#comment-50098 @■N.H.F. you say why are cops so stupid? why are people so stupid? lets say the woman he was with he was beating. lets say that woman was your mother or sister or daughter. lets say the officer did not go after him how would you feel then? would you then say that officer did not do his job he should be fired i am suing him. the officers always seem to be in the wrong no matter what they do. i feel for the officer. him doing his job and being ridiculed for it. @■N.H.F.
you say why are cops so stupid? why are people so stupid? lets say the woman he was with he was beating. lets say that woman was your mother or sister or daughter. lets say the officer did not go after him how would you feel then? would you then say that officer did not do his job he should be fired i am suing him. the officers always seem to be in the wrong no matter what they do. i feel for the officer. him doing his job and being ridiculed for it.

]]> By: faith http://www.northescambia.com/2010/08/school-principal-dies-when-hit-head-on-by-man-fleeing-brewton-police-suspect-also-dead/comment-page-2#comment-50097 faith Fri, 13 Aug 2010 00:21:50 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=24765#comment-50097 TO WOMEN OF GOD YOU ARE SO RIGHT ,I FEEL THE OFFICE SHOULD HAVE FOUND OUT THE REASON FOR THIS BEFORE HE TOOK OFF CHASEING SOME ONE. THIS HAPPEN REAL REGULAR HIGH SPEED CHASE IT ONLY PUT OTHER PEOPLE LIFE IN DANGER BECAUSE THESE OFFICE NO THERE ARE OTHER CARS ARE ON THE ROAD OTHER THEN THEM AND THE CAR THEY ARE CHASEING IF THE OFFICER WOULD JUST WAIT THEN SOON OR LATER THE PERSON WOULD BE CAUGHT WITHOUT A CHASE. IF YOU LOOK AT IT. IT COULD HAVE BEEN THE OFFICER THEN WHO WILL BE THE BLAME. OFFICER STOP CHASEING PEOPLE THEN THIS WILL NOT HAVE TO HAPPEN TO ANYONE. I NO YOU ARE TRYING TO DO YOUR JOB BUT STOP THE 10-100s MY PRAYERS GOES OUT TO ALL THE FAMILYS THAT WAS INVOID REMEMBER GOD WILL NEVER LEAVE US, HE IS BY OUR SIDE AT ALL TIME BE BLESS TO WOMEN OF GOD YOU ARE SO RIGHT ,I FEEL THE OFFICE SHOULD HAVE FOUND OUT THE REASON FOR THIS BEFORE HE TOOK OFF CHASEING SOME ONE. THIS HAPPEN REAL REGULAR HIGH SPEED CHASE IT ONLY PUT OTHER PEOPLE LIFE IN DANGER BECAUSE THESE OFFICE NO THERE ARE OTHER CARS ARE ON THE ROAD OTHER THEN THEM AND THE CAR THEY ARE CHASEING IF THE OFFICER WOULD JUST WAIT THEN SOON OR LATER THE PERSON WOULD BE CAUGHT WITHOUT A CHASE. IF YOU LOOK AT IT. IT COULD HAVE BEEN THE OFFICER THEN WHO WILL BE THE BLAME. OFFICER STOP CHASEING PEOPLE THEN THIS WILL NOT HAVE TO HAPPEN TO ANYONE. I NO YOU ARE TRYING TO DO YOUR JOB BUT STOP THE 10-100s MY PRAYERS GOES OUT TO ALL THE FAMILYS THAT WAS INVOID REMEMBER GOD WILL NEVER LEAVE US, HE IS BY OUR SIDE AT ALL TIME BE BLESS

]]> By: Sharon.M http://www.northescambia.com/2010/08/school-principal-dies-when-hit-head-on-by-man-fleeing-brewton-police-suspect-also-dead/comment-page-2#comment-50088 Sharon.M Thu, 12 Aug 2010 23:12:31 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=24765#comment-50088 To both family's my paryer go up for you .To the comunty this is not a time to try to fine who to blame in this.It tragedy. It is time to come together to try to help both family's As they grive the loss of thier love one .And help each other get through this sad time. God sit's high and look's low look to Him for strength. To both family’s my paryer go up for you .To the comunty this is not a time to try to fine who to blame in this.It tragedy. It is time to come together to try to help both family’s As they grive the loss of thier love one .And help each other get through this sad time. God sit’s high and look’s low look to Him for strength.

]]> By: William http://www.northescambia.com/2010/08/school-principal-dies-when-hit-head-on-by-man-fleeing-brewton-police-suspect-also-dead/comment-page-2#comment-50086 William Thu, 12 Aug 2010 22:39:19 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=24765#comment-50086 <strong> <blockquote>READ AN UPDATE TO THIS STORY HERE: http://www.northescambia.com/?p=24851</blockquote></strong>

READ AN UPDATE TO THIS STORY HERE:

http://www.northescambia.com/?p=24851

]]> By: Get your facts straight http://www.northescambia.com/2010/08/school-principal-dies-when-hit-head-on-by-man-fleeing-brewton-police-suspect-also-dead/comment-page-2#comment-50080 Get your facts straight Thu, 12 Aug 2010 21:56:03 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=24765#comment-50080 During the press conference today, it was disclosed that Reid and a woman were observed by a police corporal involved in an apparent dispute in Reid's car, which was in the parking lot of the police department. Reid, upon seeing the officer, fled, tossing the female passenger out of the car as he left the parking lot. I believe that constitutes a felony and showed Reid's total disregard for human life. The corporal had backed off from the pursuit BEFORE the crash, yet Reid continued to drive at excessive speeds. As far as a blanket "no pursuit" policy goes, if that were ever to come about, all any criminal would have to do to escape arrest would be to flee from the police. In this particular case, I believe the police response was appropriate. I'm just sorry an innocent person had to die as a result of Reid's actions. During the press conference today, it was disclosed that Reid and a woman were observed by a police corporal involved in an apparent dispute in Reid’s car, which was in the parking lot of the police department. Reid, upon seeing the officer, fled, tossing the female passenger out of the car as he left the parking lot. I believe that constitutes a felony and showed Reid’s total disregard for human life. The corporal had backed off from the pursuit BEFORE the crash, yet Reid continued to drive at excessive speeds.

As far as a blanket “no pursuit” policy goes, if that were ever to come about, all any criminal would have to do to escape arrest would be to flee from the police. In this particular case, I believe the police response was appropriate. I’m just sorry an innocent person had to die as a result of Reid’s actions.

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