[gatagato]

A Portland, Ore., police officer in pursuit of a speeding car, put the chase on hold to help a duck in distress.

In a dash-cam video released by the Portland Police Bureau, viewers are treated to what looks like the beginning of an exciting high-speed chase. A car zooms past a hiding police cruiser, and then Officer Mark James begins the pursuit.

But not long into the chase (the video above has been sped up), James sees a duck crossing the busy road. Rather than leave it to fend for itself, he pulls over and guides it to safety.

James then resumes his pursuit, but by then the speeder had escaped. The upside: The officer's actions made plenty of people happy.

On YouTube, the comments were nearly across-the-board positive.

One commenter wrote, "I can't love this enough!!!"

Another said, "This conversation, in conjunction with the video, make me want to move to Portland. I mean .... nice police officers? It's a utopia!"

But not everyone was convinced the duck was as innocent as it looked. A conspiracy-minded commenter wrote, "What if the guy from that speeding car left ducks on road to distract the police car and run away? :D"
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow...140849603.html
http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/5974...s-cross-video/

[kellyhound]

[rider_red_ghost]

[TwistedPrincess]

I love this!!!

[Desensitisation]

Whilst this is awesome, what would have been more awesome is if the guy the cop was chasing had stopped to help the duck, the cop had stopped behind him, they both helped the duck, then they both got back in their respective cars and resumed the chase. That, my friends, would have been the definition of awesome.

[Insideoutbodies]

agreed

[Faline]

[Dennislp3]

lol I miss Oregon so much...Portland is still my most favorite city off all time...I need to move back