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The Texas "rolling coal" case shows you can attempt to murder a group of cyclists and face no legal repercussions if you are in the right political climate.
by AutumnCurtain 5y ago
The Texas "rolling coal" case shows you can attempt to murder a group of cyclists and face no legal repercussions if you are in the right political climate.
- scintill76 5y agoThis one? https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/transportation/article/Waller-driver-who-rolled-coal-could-face-16603437.php https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/transpor... Charges were just filed.
- ashtonkem 5y agoThere was also a similar case in Austin where a cyclist shot a driver who tried something similar; the cyclist was released without charged and the driver was charged with attempted homicide or similar. Personally I’m impressed the cyclist managed to hit the driver while biking, which seems like a very hard thing to do. That being said, these are edge cases. The sad reality is that a driver must display extreme levels of negligence or malice before the state will step in to punish them. In NYC only 1 percent of drivers who injured a pedestrian or cyclist even got a ticket. Assuming the driver is sober and doesn’t flee the scene, neither cops nor DA’s really care about prosecuting negligent drivers who injure or kill anyone.
- AutumnCurtain 5y agoYes, thankfully the DA stepped in after the local PD tried to squash it.
- DonHopkins 5y agoTo the driver's credit, he was only trying to mine cryptocurrency, not attempting to murder the bicyclists. /s