BLM protestors struck by car during freeway protest in Seattle

[AnGrYcRoW]

the parked van created a blind spot at 11 o clock, he didnt see the people on his left. once he saw them, he steer left, trying to avoid the people in the middle, but hit the people that were still coming across from the left.

people will interpret this (somehow) as the driver purposely steered into them.

Lmao , nice gymnastics , even if you were right , wouldn't it be prudent to slow down ?

 

[BEER]

Where are you getting this information? I saw an article earlier (via yahoo) that quoted the police as saying illegal "protest", illegally in the roadway. And the cops weren't blocking anything.

Sorry, I did just read the article in the OP that says the protesters themselves blocked the road.

The first sources I read (twitter) was that police closed it down, so I'm sorry I was wrong.

My overall opinion doesn't change. The driver clearly swerved around a blocked road and accelerated into protesters. The officers believe that he illegally entered the highway on an exit ramp.

Dude knew what he was doing.

 

[PHATV]

Pull your head out of your ass , the road was closed

Says WHO? You? The police said they were there illegally, had no permit and were attempting to block the road themselves. No closed road.

 

[AnGrYcRoW]

You're asking a loaded question. You're presupposing that someone who does not allow non-state actors to detain him commits murder by crashing through them.

Detain lol , pathetic attempt at justifying this .

 

[BEER]

Lmao , nice gymnastics , even if you were right , wouldn't it be prudent to slow down ?

I know if I'm on the highway and I see cars parked sideways, I'm just gonna hit the shoulder and speed around.

 

[BarryDillon]

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They're fascists. Nothing you say will reach through to them. They don't view their enemies as people.

 

[JSN]

The video clearly shows that only the shoulder lane is open. Instead of slowing down and stopping for vehicles parked sideways on the highway, the driver swerved around and accelerated towards the protesters.

The video is NOT ambiguous lmao.

By not open you mean there are random cars parked sideways? Guess what if you create a dangerous situation, danger often comes. It’s not quick or easy to stop from ~65mph to zero and in this climate with people in cars getting attacked, it’s perfectly reasonable to not want to slow down or stop when you see something that looks fucked up.

 

[Bloody Pulp]

Yes, he was going beyond the police blockade to attempt to kill protesters.



Perhaps I'll try it when the police have the road blocked off and a driver would have to carefully maneuver around the roadblock to accelerate into a group of people.

oh then yeah, driver fucked. Just saw the vid, not the link..

 

[HereticBD]

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.ki...-i-5/281-50f663e8-7adf-4a1a-873d-96540dbc624b

video of incident (WARNING GRAPHIC)


This happened Early this morning around 1:30am. I’m the video it looks like the protesters ran in front of the moving vehicle but it’s hard to tell because of how quickly it happens. Should the driver be held responsible if they intentionally put their selves in harms way?

First off, yes, the driver should be held responsible. Regardless of what you may think of the protests, you still can't have people mowing down civilians. I believe the street was closed too, so there's not much in the way of a defense for the driver. I also don't think they were purposefully running in front of it. They just zigged when they should've zagged, trying to get out of the way and got caught in train tracks. When a car is barreling down on you at that speed driving erratically, you don't have much time to think. You just scramble and pray.

I'll reserve judgement on how it all happened, until more details are known though. Could've been intentional, but I hear sirens in the background, so I'm wondering if he was running from the police at the time and just ended up on that street.

Either way, whoever did it is rather fucked.

 

[Deleted member 159002]

Detain lol , pathetic attempt at justifying this .

What do you call it when people try to restrict your movement against your will?

 

[Pizza Werewolf]

Oh I saw someone post about this before
Apparently those guys will do anything for a tip.











Seriously though that was pretty fucked up.

 

[Prokofievian]

You're asking a loaded question. You're presupposing that someone who does not allow non-state actors to detain him commits murder by crashing through them.

I'm just asking who you think it's okay to murder with your car: is it just if someone thinks women can have penises or do you have a more all encompassing weltanschauung of politically motivated murder?

 

[PrinceOfPain]

Gotta tell you, I wouldn't stop or slow down too much for an unmarked car parked sideways on the highway at night.
Sounds like a bloody ambush <Lmaoo>

 

[Halifax]

This is indefensible.
The car went past a police blockade up an off ramp and sped into the protesters.

Any crazy righties defending and rationalizing it are just as bad as the crazy lefties

 

[BEER]

By not open you mean there are random cars parked sideways? Guess what if you create a dangerous situation, danger often comes. It’s not quick or easy to stop from ~65mph to zero and in this climate with people in cars getting attacked, it’s perfectly reasonable to not want to slow down or stop when you see something that looks fucked up.

What?

It's been alleged that the dude used an exit ramp to get on the highway, to avoid the blocked onramps. So he had some idea that the highway was blocked off. With cars parked sideways on the highway, anyone in their right mind would at least use caution and slow down to get on the shoulder lane and drive around. The dude slowed down enough to swerve, but accelerated as soon as he got passed the van. He didn't take any cautious measures, and looking at the video, there is plenty of time for him to slow down. It's around a very wide curve, and I'm assuming he could see the cars from probably a quarter mile back. It doesn't take a quarter mile to stop a car.

 

[Armbars]

I think everyone involved is a cunt.

How's that?

 

[BEER]

They're fascists. Nothing you say will reach through to them. They don't view their enemies as people.

No shit.

I thought it was against the rules to encourage and/or celebrate this shit?

 

[Deleted member 159002]

I'm just asking who you think it's okay to murder with your car: is it just if someone thinks women can have penises or do you have a more all encompassing weltanschauung of politically motivated murder?

Again you're asking a loaded question. "Murder" is not synonymous with "kill". Murder is a wrongful killing. You need to demonstrate that people are obligated to let non-state actors control their movement on public roads.

 

[JSN]

What?

It's been alleged that the dude used an exit ramp to get on the highway, to avoid the blocked onramps. So he had some idea that the highway was blocked off. With cars parked sideways on the highway, anyone in their right mind would at least use caution and slow down to get on the shoulder lane and drive around. The dude slowed down enough to swerve, but accelerated as soon as he got passed the van. He didn't take any cautious measures, and looking at the video, there is plenty of time for him to slow down. It's around a very wide curve, and I'm assuming he could see the cars from probably a quarter mile back. It doesn't take a quarter mile to stop a car.

Yeah assuming

 

[BarryDillon]

No shit.

I thought it was against the rules to encourage and/or celebrate this shit?

I think it's ok to celebrate and encourage the right kind of violence.

 

[Deleted member 159002]

Gotta tell you, I wouldn't stop or slow down too much for an unmarked car parked sideways on the highway at night.
Sounds like a bloody ambush <Lmaoo>

2 months ago lefties talked about how it was wrong for non-state actors to try detaining Ahmaud Arbery (and I agreed with them). Now all of a sudden people have to comply with angry non-state actors.