Police caught lying about tragic car crash that killed 5 outside gay bar

Photo of a parked police car in Tampa Florida
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Legal authorities in Florida lied about details of a fatal car chase that killed five and injured 13 outside of a Ybor City gay bar last Saturday. Critics now say actions taken by the Tampa Police Department (TPD) and Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) may have needlessly endangered the crash’s victims.

A FHP cruiser chased a Toyota Camry car as it sped along Interstate 275 South, eventually attempting an unsuccessful use of a precision immobilization technique (PIT) to end the pursuit. TPD said the PIT maneuver occurred before the car sped towards Nebraska Avenue. However, footage of the chase recorded by WTSP news video drone showed that the PIT maneuver actually occurred hundreds of feet past Nebraska Avenue, WTSP reported.

The TPD also claimed it stopped chasing the car as it approached the city’s 7th Avenue. However, WTSP drone footage and police helicopter recordings showed that FHP…

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