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In reply to the discussion: Woman run over after calling police on couple having car sex [View all]jberryhill
(62,444 posts)193. Who initiated violence?
Who was injured in any of this?
Yes, some people are idiots.
50% of the population is below average intelligence.
So what?
Idiots deserve to be run over by cars, is that it.
Hey, let's go beat up some stupid people.
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Nope, but he did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night, so I think he's qualified. nt
Ed Suspicious
Jun 2013
#74
No, the TITLE of article says she was "run over" and then doesn't back it up in the text.
sibelian
Jun 2013
#184
Where in the story does it say that the couple deliberately tried to run over the woman?
sabrina 1
Jun 2013
#127
She was brushed aside by the side of the car. Not 'run over' as the erroneous title states.
randome
Jun 2013
#196
The driver was accosted by a seemingly disturbed individual who jumped in front of the
sabrina 1
Jun 2013
#197
But that is just speculation. Prostitution could be going on anywhere, inside the motel
sabrina 1
Jun 2013
#167
Okay, I'll look for you the next time riot control runs over someone who doesn't move
jberryhill
Jun 2013
#176
Well, if someone is in a private driveway engaged in prostitution, that is an entirely different
sabrina 1
Jun 2013
#269
Only the prudish nanny-staters would ever conceive of such an impracticable concept such as
LanternWaste
Jun 2013
#130
Neither is it a leap of logic to state that said defacator is an animal-lover.
Kurovski
Jun 2013
#268
I think there's 100% consensus that standing in front of a moving vehicle is a really bad idea.
Buzz Clik
Jun 2013
#10
She WASN'T the manager. The manager was behind the car. The busybody trying to stop the car
tblue37
Jun 2013
#291
She WASN'T the manager. The manager was behind the car. The busybody trying to stop the car
tblue37
Jun 2013
#292
Yes it is. But how is that relevant to this situation? The couple saw a crazy person
sabrina 1
Jun 2013
#173
You know, you're starting to sound a little crazy yourself by continually defending an idiot. nt
brush
Jun 2013
#188
No, it's not a shock to me at all. I asked you why you are talking about someone
sabrina 1
Jun 2013
#199
Still, who cares? Maybe if more people had sex in cars, they could relax more and the world
cbdo2007
Jun 2013
#42
PSA: This is not recommended if one of the participants is driving the car at the time.
Buns_of_Fire
Jun 2013
#92
Oh, I agree with "Live and Let Live". Just adding my 2 cents worth of general snarkiness.
Buns_of_Fire
Jun 2013
#161
Why would anyone care where a couple decides to have sex? Judging by the information
sabrina 1
Jun 2013
#120
The driver was just trying to get away; she was NOT "attempting to use the car as a weapon."
tblue37
Jun 2013
#294
So let's see, you don't know what the situation was, but you have opted for the gently nuanced ...
11 Bravo
Jun 2013
#257
NO SHE WAS NOT! People keep explaining to you that she WAS NOT the manager of the
tblue37
Jun 2013
#295
NOT THE MANAGER OF THE MOTEL! NOT THE MANAGER OF THE MOTEL! NOT THE MANAGER OF THE MOTEL!
tblue37
Jun 2013
#297
Driver deliberately hits pedestrian with car; DU sides with driver and attacks victim.
Nine
Jun 2013
#18
If someone is crazy enough to throw themselves on/in front of/under a moving car
Blue_Tires
Jun 2013
#65
Heaven help us, but the world would be a much better place if that were true!
IdaBriggs
Jun 2013
#133
You're not allowed to hit someone with a car even if you think they're breaking the law themselves.
Nine
Jun 2013
#61
In most cases you are right. The exception is if they are attempting to unlawfully detain you. Or
stevenleser
Jun 2013
#106
And expose themselves to a crazy person who deliberately stepped in front of their car?
stevenleser
Jun 2013
#131
Nope, this law is also used against abusive spouses who refuse to allow their spouse to exit through
stevenleser
Jun 2013
#154
Here is the relevant case law. Yes you can, you can even use deadly force without penalty.
stevenleser
Jun 2013
#113
Come on, everyone! Can't we all just poke fun at each other without bringing statutes into it?
randome
Jun 2013
#114
If you feel someone is attempting to harm you and they will not allow you to
MattBaggins
Jun 2013
#220
That is immediately what I thought of too, unlawful detention. I think that negates
stevenleser
Jun 2013
#62
She placed her car in reverse to get away from the "self-appointed crime-stopper," but was
tblue37
Jun 2013
#299
I'm more bemused than anything that someone would be such a busybody as to risk their life for it
Fumesucker
Jun 2013
#58
I agree. Some strange woman is screaming at you, attempting to keep you from leaving, and
Nay
Jun 2013
#138
Yeah--How many times have various people explained to him that the woman was NOT the manager, and
tblue37
Jun 2013
#303
In Indiana its built into the state Constitution that this is a crime. Article 1 Section 11 of their
stevenleser
Jun 2013
#98
Amazing how the outrage is at the victim, not the people who tried to murder her. nt
geek tragedy
Jun 2013
#27
"people"? The car had only one driver, and I doubt she was aiming for murder. n/t
lumberjack_jeff
Jun 2013
#36
While I don't side against the victim, she was a nosy idiot who did something very stupid.
Dash87
Jun 2013
#213
The picture comes from a drone of course - how else did Raw Story get this critical
petronius
Jun 2013
#67
I don't know exactly where it comes from, but I do know the beginnings of "O" face when I see it.
Kurovski
Jun 2013
#285
good grief! so many people here are flippant about flagrant fornication in front of five-year olds!
unblock
Jun 2013
#64
I guess a school bus full of children might have turned into that parking lot at any time.
Nye Bevan
Jun 2013
#80
I imagine that's one reason one is not allowed to urinate in the parking lot of school
LanternWaste
Jun 2013
#148
They would have likely all turned into vampires and unleashed carnage upon the world.
Dash87
Jun 2013
#216
Couldn't they find a more secluded spot other than a well lit parking lot where families would be
appleannie1
Jun 2013
#68
That's a silly question. How can people take good cell phone photos of you in the dark?
Kurovski
Jun 2013
#276
It reallly sounds like they were trying their damnedest to avoid running her over....
aka-chmeee
Jun 2013
#123
Actually the motel parking lot is quasi-public. Like the commons in a shopping mall.
RC
Jun 2013
#149
I agree with that. But the only good reason to interfere is if someone is in immediate danger.
hunter
Jun 2013
#143
I know. What, with all the coupling and un-coupling, who actually has time to pull the train?
Kurovski
Jun 2013
#287
Survival Rule #1: [b]"Do Not Put Yourself In Harms Way Without Good Cause."[/b]
IdaBriggs
Jun 2013
#140
I read the article and wonder how would I react to a potential car-jacking attempt?
haele
Jun 2013
#192
If you have sex in a public place it is my business and I will call the cops
MattBaggins
Jun 2013
#233
The people in the SUV were pathetic and disgusting. But the woman that was hit
bluestate10
Jun 2013
#289