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jtuck004

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17. I could see that if they had jet engines. But from a standing stop I don't think a body

Reply to JustABozoOnThisBus (Reply #16)

Wed Jun 24, 2015, 02:34 PM

Jun 2015

would just sit there - friction would slow it.

I get your point, of course, but I think what happened in the back of that van had nothing to do with it starting and stopping.

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""at risk for an unsupported fall during acceleration or deceleration of the van." < or for being jtuck004 Jun 2015 #1

This message was self-deleted by its author Hissyspit Jun 2015 #3

Perhaps the first assertion is wrong. Igel Jun 2015 #9

exactly. Change in speed, change in direction is A which = acceleration. ChairmanAgnostic Jun 2015 #10

It was going backwards so fast that he was killed when it stopped? Seriously? jtuck004 Jun 2015 #14

Or the van accelerated from a stop, JustABozoOnThisBus Jun 2015 #16

I could see that if they had jet engines. But from a standing stop I don't think a body jtuck004 Jun 2015 #17

Friction? A plastic or steel bench and a cloth-covered butt? JustABozoOnThisBus Jun 2015 #19

He was manhandled into the back. There is video. jtuck004 Jun 2015 #20

There is video of him being manhandled into the back. And there is a bulkhead that keeps them jtuck004 Jun 2015 #21

No doubt, many simpletons are unaware vehicles may be driven in reverse. LanternWaste Jun 2015 #13

'Rough Ride' Hissyspit Jun 2015 #2

Hate to say it Corgigal Jun 2015 #15

It was more than that. They broke his spine and internal organs before that. freshwest Jun 2015 #4

Probably not. Igel Jun 2015 #8

not sure what to make of this Angel Martin Jun 2015 #5

That's the difference. Igel Jun 2015 #11

Straight up Rafale Jun 2015 #6

It's going to be very hard to convict these officers of murder. Calista241 Jun 2015 #12

Anyone who's ever suffered neurogenic pain -- e.g. herniated disc -- knows it's agony mainer Jun 2015 #7

I think they have storefront video of the vans 'rough ride' of the man they knocked off the bike. Sunlei Jun 2015 #18