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Happened in Vegas too. Some kids ran over a retired police chief and attempted a few others. > Police said Keys was driving during the first hit-and-run and, w

Happened in Vegas too. Some kids ran over a retired police chief and attempted a few others. > Police said Keys was driving during the first hit-and-run and, while a passenger, recorded footage of the vehicle striking Probst. https://abcnews.go.com/US/retired-police-chief-killed-las-vegas-hit-and-run/story?id=103506086 https://abcnews.go.com/US/retired-police-chief-killed-las-ve...

Eumenes 3y ago
Ding-dong ditch has taken a dark turn
- iAMkenough 3y ago
  Maybe once the economy finally starts trickling down, we'll have a reason to behave ourselves again
sneed_chucker 3y ago
Ah. Perpetrators are minors and will get lax sentences. They will likely kill again as adults before any effective legal action is taken, and maybe not even then (see Darrell E. Brooks Jr. and Jason Billingsley)
- supertrope 3y ago
  In many US jurisdictions if kill or maim a pedestrian by striking them with your car the police won’t even cite you. This assumes you do not flee the scene and are not intoxicated. Some criminals do flee the scene and claim they thought they struck a deer.
  - red-iron-pine 3y ago
    citation seriously needed. there is no jurisdiction where you can kill someone and not have serious investigation. they may ultimately end up not charging you or citing you depending on mitigating factors, but the idea that you can go around and just run into people without consequence is unfounded.
    - supertrope 3y ago
      https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/news/truck-driver-fatally-strikes-pedestrian-in-brooklyn-crosswalk-police/ar-AA1kCjEG https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/news/truck-driver-fatally-st... https://www.brooklynpaper.com/77-year-old-pedestrian-killed-midwood/ https://www.brooklynpaper.com/77-year-old-pedestrian-killed-... An ticket in this one: https://abc7ny.com/queens-crossing-guard-fatally-struck-by-truck-nyc/13944624/ https://abc7ny.com/queens-crossing-guard-fatally-struck-by-t...
    - iAMkenough 3y ago
      "Serious investigation" is a subjective classifier that heavily depends on who was driving, who was hit, and who is investigating. Since 2017, Republicans have been pushing forward "hit and kill" bills to give drivers legal immunity for running down protestors. Here's an in-depth look at Iowa's such bill, prompted by the Governor's motorcade striking a single protestor that stood in their way. Not a crowd that stood in their way, a single person with a megaphone at a public event. https://apps.bostonglobe.com/news/nation/2021/10/vehicle-rammings-against-protesters/legislation/ https://apps.bostonglobe.com/news/nation/2021/10/vehicle-ram...

Eumenes 3y ago

Ding-dong ditch has taken a dark turn

iAMkenough 3y ago
Maybe once the economy finally starts trickling down, we'll have a reason to behave ourselves again

sneed_chucker 3y ago

Ah. Perpetrators are minors and will get lax sentences. They will likely kill again as adults before any effective legal action is taken, and maybe not even then (see Darrell E. Brooks Jr. and Jason Billingsley)

supertrope 3y ago
In many US jurisdictions if kill or maim a pedestrian by striking them with your car the police won’t even cite you. This assumes you do not flee the scene and are not intoxicated. Some criminals do flee the scene and claim they thought they struck a deer.
- red-iron-pine 3y ago
  citation seriously needed. there is no jurisdiction where you can kill someone and not have serious investigation. they may ultimately end up not charging you or citing you depending on mitigating factors, but the idea that you can go around and just run into people without consequence is unfounded.
  - supertrope 3y ago
    https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/news/truck-driver-fatally-strikes-pedestrian-in-brooklyn-crosswalk-police/ar-AA1kCjEG https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/news/truck-driver-fatally-st... https://www.brooklynpaper.com/77-year-old-pedestrian-killed-midwood/ https://www.brooklynpaper.com/77-year-old-pedestrian-killed-... An ticket in this one: https://abc7ny.com/queens-crossing-guard-fatally-struck-by-truck-nyc/13944624/ https://abc7ny.com/queens-crossing-guard-fatally-struck-by-t...
  - iAMkenough 3y ago
    "Serious investigation" is a subjective classifier that heavily depends on who was driving, who was hit, and who is investigating. Since 2017, Republicans have been pushing forward "hit and kill" bills to give drivers legal immunity for running down protestors. Here's an in-depth look at Iowa's such bill, prompted by the Governor's motorcade striking a single protestor that stood in their way. Not a crowd that stood in their way, a single person with a megaphone at a public event. https://apps.bostonglobe.com/news/nation/2021/10/vehicle-rammings-against-protesters/legislation/ https://apps.bostonglobe.com/news/nation/2021/10/vehicle-ram...