Joe Bartolozzi watches police call off a lawnmower pursuit

The reaction video follows officers' decision to seek warrants instead, then shows an arrest the following day.

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Why this story? 1,196,102 views so far, and here is what is inside it.

The Old Man Lawnmower Police Chase

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1:23The lawnmower driver waves the patrol cruiser past him rather than stopping.
2:47The pursuit leaves the road and crosses residential front yards.
9:41Police end the pursuit to avoid further danger and decide to seek warrants instead.
11:01Footage from the following day shows officers questioning a resident and then arresting the driver.
15:55An on-screen charge list surprises Bartolozzi, particularly the felony assault charge.

The driver keeps waving the patrol cruiser past him instead of pulling over. In the dashcam footage Joe Bartolozzi watches in "The Old Man Lawnmower Police Chase," a slow-moving riding mower becomes a pursuit across residential lawns.

Bartolozzi initially wonders whether the man understands what is happening. Officers follow by car and on foot, and attempts to stop him with Tasers fail. Eventually, the decision comes over police communications: "Okay, we're gonna terminate this. We know who he is. He's not gonna stop."

That decision is the video's central turn. Police abandon the immediate pursuit to avoid further danger and seek warrants instead. The footage, credited to MidwestSafety, then moves to the following day, when officers arrest the man after he arrives in a car.

The upload includes a sponsored segment for financial app Chime. Its roughly 1.2 million views are not an unusual result for Bartolozzi; the story here is the encounter itself.

At the end, an on-screen list includes fleeing or eluding, reckless driving and felony assault on a law enforcement officer. That last charge surprises Bartolozzi, who asks what conduct prompted it.

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