The Thrill of Destruction: A Cautionary Tale of Excess and Impunity

As I sit here reflecting on my own experiences with law enforcement, I must say that Benjamin Chen's latest escapade has left me shook. The wealthy businessman was involved in a high-speed car chase through the streets of New York, leaving a trail of destruction in his wake. But what's truly remarkable about this incident is not just the sheer magnitude of the damage, but also the utter lack of accountability that seems to follow Mr. Chen wherever he goes.

I've lost count of how many times I've seen Mr. Chen engage in reckless behavior behind the wheel, and yet somehow he always manages to talk his way out of trouble or sweet-talk his way into getting off scot-free. Take, for example, the incident in 2013 where he was involved in a high-speed crash in Texas while driving a rented McLaren mp4-12c spider. Not only did he lose control of the car at a high rate of speed, but he also ended up smashing it into a mini storage unit and destroying the back end of the vehicle. Thankfully, no one was injured, but it's clear that this wasn't Mr. Chen's first rodeo.

And if you think that was an isolated incident, think again. A few years later, Mr. Chen was involved in another accident while driving his rare CLK GTR. It's a wonder he managed to stay on the road for as long as he did, considering his track record of recklessness behind the wheel. But somehow, he always seems to manage to wriggle out of trouble, leaving those around him scratching their heads in wonder.

It's not just the accidents themselves that are concerning, but also the fact that Mr. Chen seems to think he's above the law. He's been issued reckless driving citations multiple times, and yet he still manages to walk free, thanks to his wealth and influence. It's a sad state of affairs when someone as clearly entitled as Mr. Chen can get away with such egregious behavior.

But what really takes the cake is the way that Mr. Chen seems to take pleasure in causing chaos and destruction wherever he goes. I mean, who else would think it's okay to grab onto another car's shoulder and start yelling at the police? Who else would try to negotiate their way out of a situation by flashing around expensive jewelry and boasting about their wealth? It's like Mr. Chen has a personal vendetta against law enforcement, and he takes great pleasure in pushing them to their limits.

And let me tell you, I've seen some wild stuff in my time, but this guy takes the cake. I mean, who needs grand theft auto when you can just walk into a police station and start causing a scene? It's like Mr. Chen has a personal mission to disrupt the status quo and thumb his nose at authority.

So what's the moral of the story here? Is it that rich people are above the law? That we should just let them run amok, as long as they're driving their fancy cars and flashing around expensive jewelry? No, I don't think so. The real message is that our justice system needs to take a hard look at itself and figure out how to deal with repeat offenders like Mr. Chen.

As for myself, I've come to the conclusion that I need to create a new scale, one that takes into account the severity of the incident and the perpetrator's overall record. It's called the "Upscale Scale," and it's based on a simple principle: if you're going to engage in reckless behavior behind the wheel, you should be prepared to face the consequences.

Here's how it works: at the bottom of the scale, you'll find incidents like fender benders or minor accidents. That's where most of us will end up, and we'll be lucky to get a slap on the wrist from the authorities. But as you move up the scale, things start to get more serious. You'll see incidents like speeding or reckless driving, and that's where Mr. Chen comes in.

The top of the scale is reserved for the truly egregious offenders – people who put innocent lives at risk and cause massive destruction. And let me tell you, Mr. Chen earns a spot right near the top of this scale. His latest incident has left me shaking my head in wonder, wondering how someone so clearly entitled and reckless can still manage to walk free.

So what do I think should happen to Mr. Chen? Should he get his license back at some point? Honestly, I don't know. Part of me thinks that he's gotten away with enough already, but another part of me believes that justice requires that we take a hard look at our own behavior and figure out how to deal with repeat offenders like him.

One thing is for sure: Benjamin Chen needs to face the consequences of his actions. He needs to understand that there are limits to his privilege and influence, and that he can't just drive around causing chaos and destruction without facing the music. Until then, I'll keep watching from the sidelines, shaking my head in wonder at the sheer excess and impunity of this wealthy businessman.

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operating under the influence of drugs if that's true dude you're doing drugs and drive virginian driving is absolutely unexpressible and in this case you could have killed a lot of people let's go look at the footage try to figure out what happened ok so we start off with security footage and right away you'll see the car completely sideways through the intersection I mean maybe this dude was going for reverse entry it means a drifter I play Grand Theft Auto a few times and it's a lot of fun but I guess at some point video games are enough when you have so much money man this game flame I want the real action I want a few this in real life I'm gonna take my million dollar car I'm gonna go and tear apart New York City the first victim on his reign of automotive terror is a beautiful a low pain code white Toyota Senna now maybe this dude has an issue with minivans like maybe you're a kid going on road trips your parents like if you don't shut up back there I'm going to turn this bat around and one day this Ben guy is like one day I'm gonna find every minivan I can and take it out because when he hits this minivan like watch this boom Valley pretty sure got air let's go back and look the whole from the minivan jumps off the ground now luckily as far as we know there was nobody in the van at the time and nobody on the sidewalk normally because right now we are under a lockdown into the Cobra virus there would be hundreds if not thousands of people on the sidewalks and this incident could killed somebody here's the minivan minivan is like Popper well as his car his Mirage GT is completely destroyed the front ends all smashed in the back tires blew it buckled in and you would think at this point you say to yourself okay my bad maybe it wasn't such a good idea to do drugs move or drive a car I could have killed somebody I'm gonna like you know turn the engine off be like I'll deal with it because you know what accidents do happen we've all been in car accidents I've been in an accident what do you do you got talks am i okay are you okay cool let's call the cops but in this case Benjamin Chan decides well you know what if I'm gonna go out I'm gonna dwell with the bang and that's where he takes off again you can literally hear people going like would just dude going listen shocked you would be if you saw this car crash and the fact that car can actually drive away is amazing like that car I'm shocked still operating was more shocking as the drivers like okay ray saw this you can literally see two dudes with like bright yellow vest Lee looking at him and he's like I didn't see me they didn't see me dude wrap your car Calla next time you might have a better chance okay let's get going I don't like you Lewis and the front tires like this is what gets crazy so you'll see right here D the light just turns red at that point he literally rips it listen to this listen the audio of this a slightly lighter note for a second the car does sound pretty good you know the v10 in the Carrera something very special it just needs to be put in the proper hand in the proper people know I you know this dude look at this you can only see the front hood fly off the car as it rips through a looks like second red light I mean tow can you guys this legit looks like a scene of Grand Theft Auto 5 it's almost unbelievable what happens here and it keeps going over you can hear me I think he's having a good time the toy I just lean we don't see it on still but hit four to five more vehicles in the process now if you look at the car the windshield was smashed so maybe there's a visibility also the driver were legends on drugs so maybe that was a contributing factor it's wrong with this dude shut up to that dude oh you can literally hear him drive four to five blocks of downtown Manhattan and you literally hear on it he's not putting away he's literally late so here just see now where it looks like there's one NYPD officers finally stopped him and the car as you can see in this clip the guy at the camera walks on the front of the car you can see the front passenger side is completely going the tires still attached however there was no headlight there's no hood there's no offender or school everywhere the windshield could be snapped now don't know right now is did he just stop finally because it's like hey man like this is pretty dumb even for a guy that like does drugs and drives I'm probably smart enough at this point in just stuff or did NYPD actually pull him over I'm not quite sure the ratio you literally listen she starts the car again you get a parallel pocket for the cop make it easier forum or was it sad to leave any the cops I took around where are you going dude this is like a lot sure if it's a cop or something off cameras like he's trying to run away shut the car off opens the door and the cops like no no no no no stay in your car we're just at a procedurally I got Ryan it off run away I don't know what's going on they're trying investigate the to stress starting his car's ripped apart I think trying to get out on the cops looks like hey timeout enough call boss into the window he's talking to all he's like hey man you just up your Porsche thing up what were you thinking yeah I'm really big here sue the cops stayin right now there's this thing nice yeah I might get a box for one day okay so here we are now the dude driving which has been called out as bench and gets out how does those pockets it's like cuz I'm sick neck is on actually those can use those in my collection cuz I like cars out of the car you may be in shock right now or he's kind of just like I got another one just a car just a 125 rare car that isn't desert so this is why the cops like put your keys in the back of the car which makes sense but what's crazy is you know you would think in this situation if one of us in a normal car like a Honda Civic whatever did what he did with the cops be just chill with him or does this dude have so much money and so much pull in New York the cops know who he is and he's getting special treatment I don't know I don't know the facts I wasn't there the face what I'm seen it's shocking to see how he's treated in fact he walks around his hands in his pockets and the cops legit turned her back to him so they must know who he is or think he's not a threat so at this point there's three cops and the owner been just like I don't know what happened I mean I was just I was just going for a drive and then like I think like the cruise control click over ahead a minivan and then nitro for five blocks and the whole car blew apart I'm pissed I'm with you guys like this card is that he's on a red Porsche a letter complaining about the quality of their car I'm out of the oil so you could say at this point at this point I did the full the full I think it's not an airplane impression he's playing over here pointing over there pointing up they're pointing down there the cop just like two six primitive fire hose I would pay serious money to hear this conversation of house explaining this to the cop yeah I was just going for drive this in about Will Smith CD and the whole car blew apart on me I'll go what's going on officer but I'm definitely on your side I'm pissed about this I mean this this isn't right cops don't have a costume if in fact his to his pain Grand Theft Auto five the night before was they all tempted and inspired by it how hard was it for him not to jump in that fire truck and take over literally spray the hose at people I guess a lot of cops probably probably like yeah it's not gonna work okay I don't know if you guys spotted this that literally look at this the driver been literally grabs a cop bite shoulder as he walks over points to his car the cops lose like what what's up you good it's up a my experience now that have a longest range with the cops like this but I've seen things on TV when you've got a cop he's not pay attention they tend cannot respond the bass but in this case again maybe because it's dude so rich has so much pulled the police kind of like can do whatever he wants they literally grabs a cop's shoulder it's like I want to go back and grab something you could grab something cuz yeah I'd knock yourself out what more damage could you do go back in this car I can only imagine right now what could you possibly need in that moment from your car your iPhone charger get the nice oh yeah apple wine you know that a nice one where it doesn't doesn't crack as easy legit steal the Declaration of Independence we see watching grand theft auto and Nic Cage movies at the same time we'll never know it'll greatly be a mystery upon further investigative reporting just basically me to search an Internet like you guys as I investigated this is not the first time mr. Chen has completely destroyed in his out a car in a very public and spectacular manner I found an article in jalopnik.com dated back into June 2013 where the same owner and driver Ben Shan was on a rally and just outside Texas was in a rented McLaren mp4-12c spider and lost control at a high rate of speed when a van allegedly cut him a holy pose a van and the white pad is this really a vendetta against Ben's it's a full circle who lost control span around hit a fence and was just smashed into a mini storage and his cars destroyed the back ends Dolf like this cars not getting fix ain't hen soon now thankfully again nobody was injured he had a passenger no one was hit much like the New York situation there was just property damage how many chances is this guy gonna get before we kill somebody a fear is after the McClaren incident he was involved in accident and it's very rare ultra rare one of three Murcielago SV s manual and gated yes they made three gated Murcielago as well there's two left now cuz you know been wrecked that one as well and then he was involved in incident with his rare CLK GTR few years later so as I can tell this dude's gonna evolve Knox that's like this more times this one obviously being the worst you know at what point do you not get a license back so here's a moral of story and I mean it's really clear a little car for you guys don't be stupid okay don't do drugs or drive after and or don't drink and drive if you are involved in an accident stay put wait for the cops to come own it right in fact I created this scale this video it's very scientific it spent $18,000 on it it's called the upscale okay okay I like this is my official pointer here's the bottom up at all to the top really bad in the middle there's kinda like the the equator if you will now down here give that accident let's say you know you know you back into somebody in a parking lot you didn't take your blind spot there's a fender bender and you know you pull over and it like hey dude I'm sorry no no problem we're good every safe home insurance company take care of it you little smiley face you know that's part of life it's gonna happen I mean you're driving around in a car cars move things that move usually in each other sometimes it is what it is now in the mill there's a point where it's like not such a happy takes anymore yeah this is like this is bad like you isn't bad then you were speeding or you were watching you're texting and driving and something like that and then over here this is like that is incident in New York we're like you literally are intoxicated under the influence driving a car speeding hitting cars multiple cars leaving that's the very top of scale that you get a very big sad case now I want ask you guys few questions should Benjamin Chen get his license back at some point is enough is enough the incident and the McLaren he was issued a reckless driving in 2013 and a few more accidents and now hurry our New York Journal pandemic taking all the police's attention away from what they're supposed to be focused on which is protecting people during the virus and instead they're chasing around some rich dude in a very very car completely destroying the city explain himself is like this pretty sure he's like that a Baskin set me up she got like she put a line in my car Oh everything in there oh yeah I was there at the end of the day I got in the car - got the lion oh my scared alliance I'm top rich I grout lines of my house expensive ones got those snow leopards as well\n"