Gosh I lived there when it happened. Watched the whole car chase, experienced the whole thing. You don't beat hell out of an old bronco like that unless there's a reason. Every person I knew who knew him(went to the same college, he was an ever-present alumnus) thought he was, to put it mildly, a less-than- savory type person. Everyone knew what was up. Nobody was surprised when he got off for bullshit reasons....powers higher up than we-the-peasant deemed him untouchable. And so it goes.