Current Events > A protestor has died after being hit by speeding car during BLM protest.

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https://www.npr.org/2020/07/04/887257243/2-people-injured-after-vehicle-careens-into-protesters-in-seattle

RIP

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According to CE, the victim deserved it because highways are sacred and the penalties for sullying them with your feet is death. Nothing to say about a person that drives into people of course.

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didnt read the whole article: Did the driver run away?

if so, guilty, pure and simple.

That video was tough to watch. The driver swerved around a car before hitting them and they flew up in the air.

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BillyKidd posted...

legendary_zell posted...

According to CE, the victim deserved it because highways are sacred and the penalties for sullying them with your feet is death. Nothing to say about a person that drives into people of course.

You try going 60+ mph around a turn to discover cars parked sideways on the highway and try to avoid them with people standing on the other side.

Bro he was driving on the shoulder for like a hundred feet at fucking speed, trying to fit between the car and the side of the freeway.

This was after he worked his way past another barricade earlier. Supposedly by entering the freeway from an exit, backwards.

How the fuck can you defend the driver lmao
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Poop2 posted...

didnt read the whole article: Did the driver run away?

if so, guilty, pure and simple.

Well, they ran from the protesters. They didnt try to evade law enforcement. That action is probably the only forgivable part of what they did. The protesters likely would have dragged them out of their car and lynched them.

Bullet_Wing posted...

Will you cut the shit? The highway was closed, this was deliberate

https://www.foxnews.com/us/seattle-protester-hit-car-highway-die

Look at those comments.

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Hey look another old account with a reprehensible opinion.

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If the driver had done the same while the highway wasn't closed, he would of hit another car in a head on collision, thus the driver is at fault.

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Dude seemed to be a party animal (going by his social media), but no drugs or alcohol were in his system. He deliberately entered the closed freeway, past signs/obstacles. So, a careless joyrider, enjoying his Jaguar? Uncle Ruckus? Perhaps even... DeepState Somali agent?

NeoShadowhen posted...

Well, they ran from the protesters. They didnt try to evade law enforcement. That action is probably the only forgivable part of what they did. The protesters likely would have dragged them out of their car and lynched them.

If they drove away from the scene its a hit and run

she was 24 from portland oregon
guess her friends made a gofundme page for her.

Poop2 posted...

didnt read the whole article: Did the driver run away?

if so, guilty, pure and simple.

article says fled the scene then later apprehended.

i believe the protesting has been happening for more than 5 days on that section of the I-5 fwy. police blocked entrances to the fwy AND cars were parked sideways to protect themselves. the warnings went unheeded by this driver. he took an exit to enter this freeway during this time

i got this idea of the driver being fed up with the protesting inconveniences of taking detours and side routes to bypass the protests on the freeway.

i too believe protesting has no place on public highways and freeways no matter how safe you try to make them. where else can people go to protest if people cant protest at central city locations? the answer is freeway infrastructures to disrupt supply chains and travel. people decided to take that risk though. a risk of their safety depending on the each and every driver. would you trust your life on random drivers going at freeway speeds? where split second decisions are life and death?

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Poop2 posted...

If they drove away from the scene its a hit and run

Yeah but you wont be charged with that if you have a reasonable belief that a mob is going to tear you apart. Assuming of course, you dont attempt to evade law enforcement.

HBOSS posted...

she was 24 from portland oregon
guess her friends made a gofundme page for her.

For the record, the person who died preferred they/them pronouns. Source: I live in the area and know a lot of people in the queer community. Some of them knew the deceased personally
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NeoShadowhen posted...

Yeah but you wont be charged with that if you have a reasonable belief that a mob is going to tear you apart. Assuming of course, you dont attempt to evade law enforcement.

i'm pretty sure you have a duty to stop and wait somewhere. and you also have to notify law enforcement.

if he did neither, he's guilty.

NeoShadowhen posted...

Poop2 posted...

If they drove away from the scene its a hit and run

Yeah but you wont be charged with that if you have a reasonable belief that a mob is going to tear you apart. Assuming of course, you dont attempt to evade law enforcement.

I think the driver is clearly more than culpable. However in this case specifically I think he was probably in the right to not stick around. As long as he didn't flee from law enforcement
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People always try to downplay stuff like this as if it was an accident, but it is almost never an accident

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the driver of the white Jaguar sedan

What? Dude owns a Jag and decides to ram it into people? Talk about privileged. Dude's got Jag money but he's pissed off about some protesters on the street?

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eston posted...

People always try to downplay stuff like this as if it was an accident, but it is almost never an accident

Like, there's clear video of the guy driving in position on the shoulder to fly through that little gap while going at high speed. It doesn't look like any attempts were made at all to slow down. I really really don't get how people are defending him. Even if it WAS an accident, and he didn't know there were people around. It's still pretty fucking ridiculous for him to drive that way. It's fucking insane that people are defending either a) a guy who intentionally ran people over or b) a guy reckless and fucking stupid enough to drive the way he did. Either case is fucking vile
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Timohtep posted...

Bro he was driving on the shoulder for like a hundred feet at fucking speed, trying to fit between the car and the side of the freeway.

This was after he worked his way past another barricade earlier. Supposedly by entering the freeway from an exit, backwards.

How the fuck can you defend the driver lmao

billykidd is a pizza gate/QAnon guy. Always assume the worst intentions from him


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Driver should have maintained control and people shouldnt play in the streets, its dangerous.

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ApoorHollow posted...

Driver should have maintained control and people shouldnt play in the streets, its dangerous.

Where did the driver lose control? He was in complete control the whole time, leading up to when they both got thrown through the air
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Timohtep posted...

Where did the driver lose control? He was in complete control the whole time, leading up to when they both got thrown through the air

Yeah, although at this point it's debatable whether or not he was actually aiming at those people. I watched the video in slow motion and it's not exactly clear if he was aiming for those people or if he was trying to speed around the car barrier and get back on the road. I've seen people speed down closed roads before. So I'm not 100% certain he was targeting people, especially since he could have hit more people if he had veered right into the crowd and not left back toward the highway. I mean, maybe he saw a target and went for it, or maybe they were in the path of him trying to drive around the parked cars like Luke Duke.

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Timohtep posted...

Bro he was driving on the shoulder for like a hundred feet at fucking speed, trying to fit between the car and the side of the freeway.

This was after he worked his way past another barricade earlier. Supposedly by entering the freeway from an exit, backwards.

How the fuck can you defend the driver lmao

He disagrees politically with the person who died so he needs to get on his knees for the person who murdered him. Weird mentality.

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BeyondWalls posted...

Timohtep posted...

Where did the driver lose control? He was in complete control the whole time, leading up to when they both got thrown through the air

Yeah, although at this point it's debatable whether or not he was actually aiming at those people. I watched the video in slow motion and it's not exactly clear if he was aiming for those people or if he was trying to speed around the car barrier and get back on the road. I've seen people speed down closed roads before. So I'm not 100% certain he was targeting people, especially since he could have hit more people if he had veered right into the crowd and not left back toward the highway. I mean, maybe he saw a target and went for it, or maybe they were in the path of him trying to drive around the parked cars like Luke Duke.

Yeah I don't think it's even remotely relevant whether or not he intended to hit them. He could literally have had no idea anyone has been protesting at all, and not seen them til the moment they hit his vehicle, and he's still fucking ridiculously guilty. Just look at all of the stupid fucking shit he had to do to get into this position at all
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Lebronwon posted...

That video was tough to watch. The driver swerved around a car before hitting them and they flew up in the air.

I thought he swerved to intentionally hit them.

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Timohtep posted...

Yeah I don't think it's even remotely relevant whether or not he intended to hit them. He could literally have had no idea anyone has been protesting at all, and not seen them til the moment they hit his vehicle, and he's still fucking ridiculously guilty. Just look at all of the stupid fucking shit he had to do to get into this position at all

Oh yeah, I don't disagree.

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HBOSS posted...

i too believe protesting has no place on public highways and freeways no matter how safe you try to make them.

To note, the First Amendment does not grant the right to assemble on a free/highway (or in areas where it may jeopardize the safety of others) in the first place.

Poop2 posted...

i'm pretty sure you have a duty to stop and wait somewhere. and you also have to notify law enforcement.

if he did neither, he's guilty.

@Poop2 It's a tough call.. the officers are saying he fleed the scene so that's that. But he did stop at the scene immediately after hitting them. The surrounding protesters then began angrily hitting on his car trying to get him out and so he then sped off. That much is on video from one of the secondary videos floating around social media.

A protester then began to follow him in their own vehicle and was able to cut him off a mile later. He probably seriously didn't feel safe and never got a chance to reach a safe place to stop and wait for law enforcement.

Not to excuse anything else that happened.. he's def. at fault on everything else. He should had never been on that road.

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He shouldnt have driven away, he should have stayed put, gotten his car smashed into, yanked out & beaten.

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