Current Events > Alabama Driver Who Fatally Ran Over Woman Is Beaten to Death by Angry Mob

Topic List
Page List: 1, 2
[deleted]
08/13/23 12:01:37 PM
#10:


[deleted]
... Copied to Clipboard!
Evol
08/13/23 2:24:28 PM
#1:


https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/9/5/3/AAeGNpAAEv8Z.jpg

The driver who fatally struck an Atmore woman as she crossed Highway 31 last weekend has died from injuries suffered when he was beaten by angry bar patrons after the crash.

Atmore police Sgt. Darrell McMann confirmed 45-year-old Kenneth E. Harrison, the driver of the vehicle, had died at a trauma center Wednesday, four days after he was severely beaten outside The Tavern sports bar on Highway 31.

The crash occurred late Saturday night when Harrisons 2005 Chevrolet Tahoe struck 24-year-old Hannah Martin as she made her way across the highway from where she parked her vehicle to the bar.

The impact knocked Martin into the parking lot of the bar and Harrison pulled his vehicle in behind. Martin would be transported to a local hospital, where she died of her injuries.

An unknown number of bar patrons, meanwhile, attacked Harrison, beating him so severely he had to be airlifted to a trauma center, where he remained until dying of his injuries sometime Wednesday.

McMann said investigators are nearing a resolution on the investigation into the assault on Harrison and that his death could have a significant impact on charges brought against those identified as having participated.

He noted the Mobile County District Attorneys Office would make the final determination.

The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA) is handling the investigation into the circumstances of the crash. Repeated requests for information as to whether a toxicology test was performed on Harrison after his arrival at the hospital have gone unanswered.

Court and jail records show Harrison had a criminal history that included a guilty plea in Baldwin County Circuit Court to a reduced charge of manslaughter after he was accused of the murder of a 54-year-old Elberta man.

In 2011, six years after Sanford Sandy Lee Ledbetter disappeared from the Magnolia Springs area and a year after his remains were positively identified, Harrison admitted to beating Ledbetter to death.

Harrison was sentenced to 15 years in state prison, with one year credit for time served awaiting trial. That sentence was to run concurrent to a 10-year sentence previously imposed for a theft conviction.

But Harrison was released in February 2016 after serving the minimum of five years. Had he served his full sentence, he would have remained in prison until October 2025, according to the Alabama Department of Corrections.

https://www.al.com/crime/2023/08/driver-beaten-by-mob-after-fatally-striking-pedestrian-dies-in-hospital-police.html
... Copied to Clipboard!
Baha05
08/13/23 2:28:00 PM
#2:


So wait was this some sort of accident?

---
"He may be Mr. Clean, but his soul will always be dirty!"
... Copied to Clipboard!
CountDrugula
08/13/23 2:29:50 PM
#3:


Sounds like a horrible person who deserved to die, fair next.

---
https://i.imgur.com/Ad66Swg.jpg --- http://last.fm/user/doesntexist420
https://vsmusick.wordpress.com/ - Home of the world's worst music reviews
... Copied to Clipboard!
Kibouno
08/13/23 2:31:29 PM
#4:


https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/9/6/0/AAe-oZAAEv8g.png
... Copied to Clipboard!
Sahel
08/13/23 2:35:17 PM
#5:


At least the Angry Mob didnt get the AK-47 upgrade.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZQdaEFa_60

---
"Games don't get worse over time. Only your expectations change. A game from 1999 is going to play the same in 2017." - Vegeta1000
... Copied to Clipboard!
mercurydude
08/13/23 2:36:19 PM
#6:


He shouldn't have ever been released from prison for what he did.

---
God forbid you ever had to walk a mile in her shoes, 'cause then you really might know what it's like to have to choose. - Everlast
... Copied to Clipboard!
A_Good_Boy
08/13/23 2:37:48 PM
#7:


Is there any video of the accident? Why was a woman crossing a highway?

---
Who is? I am!
... Copied to Clipboard!
lilORANG
08/13/23 2:38:01 PM
#8:


This dude had already killed someone else wtf.

---
Let's all please just get along.
... Copied to Clipboard!
BunkerBoy
08/13/23 2:41:11 PM
#9:


A_Good_Boy posted...
Is there any video of the accident? Why was a woman crossing a highway?
I originally thought the same thing tbh

But for this part of Alabama "highway" is just a normal road. 1 lane, double yellow line

Wasn't like an actual stupid-to-cross interstate or anything
... Copied to Clipboard!
TheHorus
08/13/23 2:45:42 PM
#11:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEcVm909tNY

---
Wait for it......wait, for it. Once two other posters get here we'll have ourselves an argument.
Entitled vs Entitled round 40900001 COMING SOON!
... Copied to Clipboard!
brestugo
08/13/23 2:46:59 PM
#12:


Kibouno posted...
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/9/6/0/AAe-oZAAEv8g.png


---
Putin delenda est
... Copied to Clipboard!
Torgo
08/13/23 2:49:03 PM
#13:


CountDrugula posted...
Sounds like a horrible person who deserved to die, fair next.

No.

That excuse can be used to justify all sorts of vigilante murder justice...

"Well he must have raped that white woman, so he deserved to die."

It's never justified unless in self defense in the moment.

---
If what you believe is truthful and just, you shouldn't have to posture as someone or something else.
... Copied to Clipboard!
DeadBankerDream
08/13/23 2:49:26 PM
#14:


Hopefully charges are brought against the people who beat the dude. Unless he was trying to escape, I guess, but that doesn't seem so from my reading of the article.

---
"That thick shaft that causes women to shudder!"
... Copied to Clipboard!
PenultmateGohan
08/13/23 2:57:39 PM
#15:


DeadBankerDream posted...
Hopefully charges are brought against the people who beat the dude.
Nah.
... Copied to Clipboard!
#16
Post #16 was unavailable or deleted.
TheGoldenEel
08/13/23 3:01:23 PM
#17:


A_Good_Boy posted...
Is there any video of the accident? Why was a woman crossing a highway?
stroads are a scourge

i live just off what is technically an 8-lane highway, we cross it every day. People die every year crossing it even at marked crosswalks because even though the speed limit is low it is designed to accommodate high speeds and idiots use it for racing

---
BLACK LIVES MATTER
Games: http://backloggery.com/wrldindstries302 \\ Music: http://www.last.fm/user/DrMorberg/
... Copied to Clipboard!
PenultmateGohan
08/13/23 3:07:46 PM
#18:


TheGoldenEel posted...
stroads
What a stupid word. Let's not make this popular. Terrible word.
... Copied to Clipboard!
TheGoldenEel
08/13/23 3:08:34 PM
#19:


PenultmateGohan posted...
What a stupid word. Let's not make this popular. Terrible word.
already a thing friendo

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stroad

---
BLACK LIVES MATTER
Games: http://backloggery.com/wrldindstries302 \\ Music: http://www.last.fm/user/DrMorberg/
... Copied to Clipboard!
MorganTJ
08/13/23 3:09:40 PM
#20:


Torgo posted...
No.

That excuse can be used to justify all sorts of vigilante murder justice...

"Well he must have raped that white woman, so he deserved to die."

It's never justified unless in self defense in the moment.
Out of curiosity, what do you think about this case?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_McElroy

Not saying vigilante justice is usually justified, but I wouldnt say never. Not even entirely sure about this case - he probably wouldve just been sent back to prison considering his previous felonies.
... Copied to Clipboard!
Letron_James
08/13/23 3:12:50 PM
#21:


judges who grant people parole who then go onto murder should face some sort of reprimand


---
Ask me if I would eat da booty.
... Copied to Clipboard!
CountDrugula
08/13/23 3:13:20 PM
#22:


Yeah I just dont feel bad for this guy considering that was the second homicide he ever committed.

---
https://i.imgur.com/Ad66Swg.jpg --- http://last.fm/user/doesntexist420
https://vsmusick.wordpress.com/ - Home of the world's worst music reviews
... Copied to Clipboard!
BunkerBoy
08/13/23 3:14:55 PM
#23:


TheGoldenEel posted...
stroads are a scourge

i live just off what is technically an 8-lane highway, we cross it every day. People die every year crossing it even at marked crosswalks because even though the speed limit is low it is designed to accommodate high speeds and idiots use it for racing
I don't think the guy even gets that for an excuse. This was just a normal road, I looked it up on maps street view

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/9/7/9/AAe283AAEv8z.jpg

... Copied to Clipboard!
Hornezz
08/13/23 3:17:48 PM
#24:


Awful amount of people justifying a lynching here.

---
In dentibus anticis frustum magnum spinaciae habes.
... Copied to Clipboard!
Baha05
08/13/23 3:19:11 PM
#25:


Hornezz posted...
Awful amount of people justifying a lynching here.
How many of them are against the death penalty?

---
"He may be Mr. Clean, but his soul will always be dirty!"
... Copied to Clipboard!
BunkerBoy
08/13/23 3:21:13 PM
#26:


Wonder how many of the mob were fans of the "Try that in a small town" song
... Copied to Clipboard!
Bio1590
08/13/23 3:21:35 PM
#27:


BunkerBoy posted...
I don't think the guy even gets that for an excuse. This was just a normal road, I looked it up on maps street view

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/9/7/9/AAe283AAEv8z.jpg
Best I can tell is that speed limit in that section is possibly 55 mph. What the fuck lol

---
https://i.imgur.com/bbRWLI8.gif https://i.imgur.com/A0BErSV.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/S1m3po4.jpg https://i.imgur.com/7fCcfko.jpg
... Copied to Clipboard!
Kazer
08/13/23 3:24:08 PM
#28:


A_Good_Boy posted...
Is there any video of the accident? Why was a woman crossing a highway?
She was trying to get to the bar, she parked her car on the other side of the road.

---
Look! A distraction!
... Copied to Clipboard!
AgentCoulson
08/13/23 3:44:48 PM
#29:


I'm not sure how to feel about this. The guy sounds like a horrible person who killed not one but two people but he deserved to rot in prison. Idk this feels like a really unfortunate event.

---
I haven't set a signature for the message boards yet
... Copied to Clipboard!
Tenlaar
08/13/23 3:55:03 PM
#30:


This article doesnt even say if the man did anything wrong. It doesnt say that he was speeding or drunk or anything and he stopped after he hit her.

Either way, sounds like a bunch of people need to get murder charges.
... Copied to Clipboard!
Baha05
08/13/23 3:57:18 PM
#31:


Tenlaar posted...
This article doesnt even say if the man did anything wrong. It doesnt say that he was speeding or drunk or anything and he stopped after he hit her.

Either way, sounds like a bunch of people need to get murder charges.
Pretty much

---
"He may be Mr. Clean, but his soul will always be dirty!"
... Copied to Clipboard!
El_Marsh
08/13/23 4:00:12 PM
#32:


something, something small town

---
http://i.imgur.com/0APl48O.gifv
Chiefs win! Chiefs win! EAT IT, HATERS!
... Copied to Clipboard!
Alucard188
08/13/23 4:21:23 PM
#33:


The only innocent person in this is the woman that he struck and killed. Mob vengeance isn't justice. Should have just held him until the police got there.

---
Face it Cloud is a gaming icon and has appered in lots of games while mario has only appeared in 2 games sunshine and 64~xSlashbomBx
... Copied to Clipboard!
invertedlegdrop
08/13/23 4:21:28 PM
#34:


https://youtu.be/__CkDjLG6Ls

---
Political correctness is the fascism of the 90s-Roger Ebert
I don't have pet peeves, I have major psychotic ******* hatreds-George Carlin
... Copied to Clipboard!
Torgo
08/13/23 4:21:57 PM
#35:


MorganTJ posted...
Out of curiosity, what do you think about this case?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_McElroy

Not saying vigilante justice is usually justified, but I wouldnt say never. Not even entirely sure about this case - he probably wouldve just been sent back to prison considering his previous felonies.

Unless the person is engaged in a violent act endangering others at the time, the negatives of mob murder justice are not assuaged because "that scumbags deserved it".

Most slippery slopes are over exaggerated, but not all - I believe once we start this we return to the days of lynching.

---
If what you believe is truthful and just, you shouldn't have to posture as someone or something else.
... Copied to Clipboard!
SaikyoStyle
08/13/23 4:25:42 PM
#36:


Theres not a whole lot to feel good about here.

---
Taxes, death, and trouble.
Brunt/Gaila 2024. Make Ferenginar Great Again!
... Copied to Clipboard!
Heineken14
08/13/23 4:27:18 PM
#37:


Torgo posted...


Unless the person is engaged in a violent act endangering others at the time, the negatives of mob murder justice are not assuaged because "that scumbags deserved it".

Most slippery slopes are over exaggerated, but not all - I believe once we start this we return to the days of lynching.


Yeah, it's the same shit right wingers used to justify Rittenhouse killing people, because they had a bad past and were scumbags, so it's ok.

---
Rage is a hell of an anesthetic.
... Copied to Clipboard!
deoxxys
08/13/23 4:32:07 PM
#38:


I mean this guy fully deserved it but I guess what if it had been an accident and the guy didn't have a criminal record and a bunch of people just decided to murder an innocent person?

---
twylite sprinkle
http://tinyurl.com/jeqyas3 https://tinyurl.com/mgvx7h2
... Copied to Clipboard!
Baha05
08/13/23 4:32:49 PM
#39:


deoxxys posted...
I mean this guy fully deserved it but I guess what if it had been an accident and the guy didn't have a criminal record and a bunch of people just decided to murder an innocent person?
Soooo what is your take on the death penalty?

---
"He may be Mr. Clean, but his soul will always be dirty!"
... Copied to Clipboard!
sull56ivan2010
08/13/23 4:39:38 PM
#40:


PenultmateGohan posted...
Nah.
Yeah, they should. There's never a time where being a vigilante is good, regardless of justification. It's not worth risking your life or having charges on yourself just to do mob justice/vigilantism.

---
Professional athletes lack intelligence to understand real world issues.
... Copied to Clipboard!
brestugo
08/13/23 5:00:08 PM
#41:


BunkerBoy posted...
I don't think the guy even gets that for an excuse. This was just a normal road, I looked it up on maps street view

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/9/7/9/AAe283AAEv8z.jpg

I assume this happened after dark. Doesn't look like it'd be very light there at that time. Not to excuse anything.

---
Putin delenda est
... Copied to Clipboard!
MrMallard
08/13/23 5:20:59 PM
#42:


I don't have enough information to go on about the actual running over and subsequent mob beating. It's Alabama so it could have just been some angry hicks doing mob justice. That being said, the guy they killed was already a murderer before mowing down this lady, and I doubt he was all that concerned with turning himself in.

Yeah, he died, but I get a really bad fucking feeling about him and I feel like there's more to this story than an angry mob tearing a clearly repentant man from his vehicle and dispensing mob justice instead of locking down the scene until the cops showed up. I get the feeling that the guy who died wasn't particularly concerned with the woman he murdered - but that's just how I feel, and I have no way of knowing one way or the other.

Best case scenario, the dead guy was a piece of shit who killed someone casually in cold blood and tried to get away with it, and people took an unfortunately fatal stand to bring him to justice. Worst case scenario, this was a crew of hicks going on a power trip and choosing to overextend their authority instead of doing the right thing and making sure this shitstain saw the inside of a cell.

The mob isn't great, but the guy they killed was a real piece of shit. That's all I have to go on.

---
All I can eat is the poisonous apple, and that's not a story that I'm meant to survive.
... Copied to Clipboard!
PenultmateGohan
08/13/23 5:27:31 PM
#43:


Alucard188 posted...
The only innocent person in this is the woman that he struck and killed. Mob vengeance isn't justice. Should have just held him until the police got there.
I'm not gonna wish that this happen on the guy but seriously this isn't always the case. These people are never held accountable for their actions. We always give them the easy way out. Locking them up and feeding them for the rest of their lives and also wasting tax dollars on it isn't really justice either.
... Copied to Clipboard!
deoxxys
08/13/23 5:39:23 PM
#44:


Baha05 posted...
Soooo what is your take on the death penalty?
Reserve it for only the most dangerous criminals who have murdered multiple people.

---
twylite sprinkle
http://tinyurl.com/jeqyas3 https://tinyurl.com/mgvx7h2
... Copied to Clipboard!
sull56ivan2010
08/13/23 5:46:29 PM
#45:


PenultmateGohan posted...
I'm not gonna wish that this happen on the guy but seriously this isn't always the case. These people are never held accountable for their actions. We always give them the easy way out. Locking them up and feeding them for the rest of their lives and also wasting tax dollars on it isn't really justice either.
I get what you're saying about the wasted money, but that still doesn't excuse mob justice. Regardless of accountability, vigilantism only creates bigger headaches legally, no matter the justification.

---
Professional athletes lack intelligence to understand real world issues.
... Copied to Clipboard!
LordMarshal
08/13/23 5:50:20 PM
#46:


This is CE bait. Any strong opinions modable....

---
There can be only one.
... Copied to Clipboard!
spikethedevil
08/13/23 5:51:18 PM
#47:


How is post 3 still up?

---
A garbage pod!? It's a smegging garbage pod!
... Copied to Clipboard!
Hornswoggled
08/13/23 5:51:54 PM
#48:


Evil dies tonight!
... Copied to Clipboard!
ZannoL
08/13/23 5:55:29 PM
#49:


It honestly scares me how so much of CE is a proponent of mob justice.
... Copied to Clipboard!
g980
08/13/23 6:11:03 PM
#50:


Tenlaar posted...
This article doesnt even say if the man did anything wrong. It doesnt say that he was speeding or drunk or anything and he stopped after he hit her.

Either way, sounds like a bunch of people need to get murder charges.

---
These old bones live to learn her wanton ways:
(I measure time by how a body sways).
... Copied to Clipboard!
Topic List
Page List: 1, 2