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In reply to the discussion: I have a bad feeling about Waukesha. This is an affluent, predominantly Republican [View all]LeftInTX
(34,314 posts)29. I saw the video.
The driver drove through the parade at a high speed and did not even attempt to slow down afterward.
Also many states, including Wisconsin, have a statute called "Felony murder". You personally might interpret this as manslaughter, but many jurisdictions interpret this as felony murder. If the perp was committing a felony and someone dies, then it's felony murder.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felony_murder_rule when an offender kills (regardless of intent to kill) in the commission of a dangerous or enumerated crime (called a felony in some jurisdictions), the offender, and also the offender's accomplices or co-conspirators, may be found guilty of murder.
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I have a bad feeling about Waukesha. This is an affluent, predominantly Republican [View all]
Gaugamela
Nov 2021
OP
If you are fleeing from police and driving recklessly and end up crashing into something or someone
PoliticAverse
Nov 2021
#20
Whatever the final conviction or guilty plea is, it is unlikely this person will be getting out
PoliticAverse
Nov 2021
#62
You don't seem to like it here very much. Very critical of it all the time.
boston bean
Nov 2021
#41
"criminally negligent homicide" is a thing (not sure what it is called in Wisconsin). n/t
PoliticAverse
Nov 2021
#23
This guy has a long criminal record, and has multiple political screeds on his social media.
BlackSkimmer
Nov 2021
#36
I'm sure all the posters so concerned with disinformation will be here to debunk this shortly
greenjar_01
Nov 2021
#4
Waukesha is very conservative, but I don't know if this was politically motivated.
Poiuyt
Nov 2021
#6
Thanks, everyone. Sounds like it's not political. After the gunfire earlier I was
Gaugamela
Nov 2021
#9
This is why I wish cable news would slow its roll when news like this breaks.
AngryOldDem
Nov 2021
#48