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North Idaho Smacked 2X On TV Show

Posted by DFO

May 7, 2009 1:15 p.m. • 15 comments

From newsroom buddy Meghann Cuniff (right, in photo below w/Sam & Lovely Kate): North Idaho had not one but TWO mentions on the fine television show “Most Daring: Senior Smackdowns” on the cable channel Tru TV yesterday. I was in the waiting room at the downtown Spokane Les Schwab when dash cam footage from Post Falls came on the TV screen. An elderly man had been pulled over for speeding (he said he was going 45; officer clocked him at 52) and lit into the officer with a mouthful of profanity that’s impossible to capture here. He screamed that he just wanted to go to the store and got out of the vehicle at one point, only to be ordered back inside. Remarkably, the officer let him go with a warning. The VERY NEXT clip was a police chase in Coeur d’Alene involving three cop cars and a 75-year-old driver. An officer can be heard yelling “Stop your vehicle! Stop your vehicle before you kill somebody!” (More of the story below)

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