Westland police chase down Merriman Rd

**psubliminal** · March-12-13, 07:40 PM

I was on my way to work today between 11:30 and noon. While stopped at northbound Merriman & Ann Arbor Trail I saw police cars in my rear view mirror--LOTS of them, all chasing a black car with one of its rear tires shredded. There had to be at least 6-8 Westland cars, a bunch of Wayne County sheriffs and I think once I crossed Joy Rd several Livonia cars joined in the chase. I never saw where they ended up, but by the time I turned to get on EB I-96 I saw pieces of tire so maybe they went that way.

Does anyone know what this was all about? I've never seen so many police cars chasing one car before. I checked the Westland Observer site, but I usually always find out the scoop on DY before it hits the news.

**Gannon** · March-12-13, 07:51 PM

After a while, one idiot can empty the resources of an entire chain of neighbor cities. I can just envision this guy like Jake&Ellwood in the Blues Brothers, on the way to pay those taxes...with an entire army of cops chasing him.

Dude made it to the freeway...that was over a mile on three tires! I'd bet against him. One of the cops wants to show off the high-speed takedown bump maneuver they just learned in Homeland Insecurity Driving School...better to do it down in the bowl of the freeway.

**psubliminal** · March-12-13, 08:34 PM

If it hadn't been for the presence of so many Westland cars I'd have wondered if this didn't originate in another city. Except for a couple mile stretch between Cherry Hill & Warren Rds, you have to go all the way down to Van Born Rd before Merriman gets out of Westland and into Romulus. As a resident, I'm curious what the perp did that drew so many police cars into the chase.

**Crumbled_pavement** · March-13-13, 10:38 AM

Originally Posted by psubliminal

I was on my way to work today between 11:30 and noon. While stopped at northbound Merriman & Ann Arbor Trail I saw police cars in my rear view mirror--LOTS of them, all chasing a black car with one of its rear tires shredded. There had to be at least 6-8 Westland cars, a bunch of Wayne County sheriffs and I think once I crossed Joy Rd several Livonia cars joined in the chase. I never saw where they ended up, but by the time I turned to get on EB I-96 I saw pieces of tire so maybe they went that way.

Does anyone know what this was all about? I've never seen so many police cars chasing one car before. I checked the Westland Observer site, but I usually always find out the scoop on DY before it hits the news.

Kwame made a run for it. No big deal. He's back in custody.