The way I see it -- it doesn't really matter what the fuck the kids did and if they were/weren't drunk/high/whatever. The LEO was going 90-FUCKING-4mph in a 40mph zone. If the LEO was going 40mph -- or fuck, even 60mph -- the kids would have made it through the intersection, and even if they didn't they would have had a much higher chance of surviving.
I can see why the kids went anyway. The second car was possibly obscured. If it wasn't, maybe it didn't appear like two vehicles because usually looking directly at headlights you can't see much else at night. I think I have good depth-perception skillz, however I can admit that judging speed based on two "2D" lights at night as opposed to a full-sized 3D object is a bit more difficult. I doubt they expected a car to go 94mph down that road either, even if 60mph is the "normal" speed to go on that stretch. 54mph above the 40mph limit is excessive no matter how you cut it.
I've almost had an accident on the interstate, 565 west, I'm going a reasonable speed (70-80mph, speed limit 70), and want to change lanes. I look behind me, see a couple pairs of headlights in the distance. They aren't close enough to tell what lanes they're in, and I wasn't going to stare for a few seconds to try and calculate their speed...they were a far distance back and I assumed they were going a reasonable speed. I looked in my side mirror, it looked clear, so I started to put on the turn signal...and two cars fucking fly by me, one on each side. So, if I did change lane, and got nailed, it would have been my fault? They traveled a huge amount of distance between me checking the rear view mirror and side mirror, and if I hadn't spent another second or two putting on the turn signal there would have surely been a ricey mess on the highway (not my car).
The kids fucked up, they paid the price, and IMO they paid a larger price than they should have.
The cop, without any good reason, was going more than double the speed limit. Now it's his turn to pay the price for his fuck up. Part of proper driving is leaving some leeway for reacting to surprises while driving, which means not going 94mph on a public street.
Someone that is supposed to uphold the law should not be breaking it. In my opinion they have less of a right to break it, although they frequently have the opposite belief. A law-breaking cop is as bad as a virgin prostitute.
This 'kids shouldn't have went" argument is stupid.