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ProudToBeBlueInRhody

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109. What kind of country is it where people can surround a vehicle and start banging on it.....

Reply to valerief (Reply #76)

Sat Aug 15, 2015, 09:48 PM

Aug 2015

....and people think the driver has no right to be concerned about what might happen to them next?

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Ferguson protester faces four years' jail over charges of kicking SUV [View all] Judi Lynn Aug 2015 OP

I dont think there is much doubt to her guilt cstanleytech Aug 2015 #1

$5,000 worth of damage? With her foot? elias49 Aug 2015 #2

Believe it or not, it doesn't take much to damage a car now a days yeoman6987 Aug 2015 #3

Its possible Travis_0004 Aug 2015 #28

That was my thought as well CanonRay Aug 2015 #35

5 years is the maxim for a class D felony. She faces a maximum of 4. She probably won't see any. Gore1FL Aug 2015 #4

people tend to serve a fraction of the maximum, on non violent lower felonies HFRN Aug 2015 #78

It will probably be plead down to something lower Lee-Lee Aug 2015 #79

Is that part of the tough on crime sentencing laws? This is utterly rediculous. jwirr Aug 2015 #5

Dont kick a damn car on the highway. 7962 Aug 2015 #6

Agree. 840high Aug 2015 #8

Punching a motorist won't endear one to the general public either. NaturalHigh Aug 2015 #17

It does have a combination effect....does the public have a right to ignore your protest? Supersedeas Aug 2015 #20

Of course the public has the right to ignore protests. christx30 Aug 2015 #24

I would say the threat of violence was more on the part of the driver leveymg Aug 2015 #52

Sounds like cars are pretty important to you. GreatGazoo Aug 2015 #18

Not destroying others property is a good idea Travis_0004 Aug 2015 #29

I'd pretend to support cars too when anything else would advertise my biases... LanternWaste Aug 2015 #21

you can't be too careful Supersedeas Aug 2015 #89

Darren Wilson commits murder and skates free. And now this. Ridiculous. GoneFishin Aug 2015 #7

You made a respectable point, GoneFishin. Judi Lynn Aug 2015 #10

The Holder Justice dept says he didnt. 7962 Aug 2015 #12

No, the DOJ said they could not prove the murder was racial based or a hate crime. Not even close GoneFishin Aug 2015 #16

did you even read the report? hill2016 Aug 2015 #25

in summary hill2016 Aug 2015 #27

None of which will stop the same misinformation from being repeated forever. nt 7962 Aug 2015 #41

Keep digging. "do not constitute prosecutable violations ... federal criminal civil rights statute." GoneFishin Aug 2015 #42

I see you ignored the parts hill2016 Aug 2015 #44

I see you ignored the fact that he got out of his car and shot an unarmed civilian 8 times. GoneFishin Aug 2015 #45

who tried hill2016 Aug 2015 #46

Your dramatic lack of accuracy is, if nothing else, rather consistent. LanternWaste Aug 2015 #22

he is hill2016 Aug 2015 #26

there is alot of that going round Supersedeas Aug 2015 #91

The sins of Darren Wilson justify all sorts of violence Supersedeas Aug 2015 #92

First, the car was said to be plowing through a crowd davidpdx Aug 2015 #9

The facts should have more to do with this. Thank you! n/t Judi Lynn Aug 2015 #11

And insurance rates rise when you make a claim TexasMommaWithAHat Aug 2015 #14

Over a decade ago I had someone rear end me that had no insurance davidpdx Aug 2015 #15

I would hope restitution ShrimpPoboy Aug 2015 #19

I would rather see her pay Travis_0004 Aug 2015 #30

The car was not "plowing through" the crowd. See post #13 for video. 7962 Aug 2015 #40

This is an important consideration--did the car endanger the protesters Supersedeas Aug 2015 #93

Standing in the middle of a highway you say... Camel_Camel Aug 2015 #110

Here's the actual video of the incident 7962 Aug 2015 #13

wow hill2016 Aug 2015 #23

If you pushed through a line of police that way, they would shoot you dead. Reckless Endangerment leveymg Aug 2015 #54

The difference is that police would christx30 Aug 2015 #55

It makes no difference. Unless the driver had fear for life, it's assault with a motor vehicle. leveymg Aug 2015 #57

The driver isn't being charged. christx30 Aug 2015 #66

Oh how the roles would be reversed if that driver was giftedgirl77 Aug 2015 #67

I'm not saying they should be run over. christx30 Aug 2015 #70

Oooh those scary black people meme again... giftedgirl77 Aug 2015 #71

There was an angry mob Devil Child Aug 2015 #86

Wow, 34 posts since 2008 & you remember your giftedgirl77 Aug 2015 #87

I am amazing thank you. Devil Child Aug 2015 #90

I'll remember that the next time I am held captive jberryhill Aug 2015 #94

False equivalency. Blocking a roadway isn't kidnapping for ransom. n/t leveymg Aug 2015 #99

False imprisonment doesn't require a ransom demand jberryhill Aug 2015 #103

It isn't false imprisonment if you can back out. leveymg Aug 2015 #106

Traffic was backed up for over a mile jberryhill Aug 2015 #114

In a crowd of angry protesters, would such fear be unreasonable? Lizzie Poppet Aug 2015 #96

Only one of the drivers freaked out and moved forward through the line of protestors. leveymg Aug 2015 #100

If they stay in a line, no poblem. Lizzie Poppet Aug 2015 #102

Your children are at a daycare which closes in a half hour jberryhill Aug 2015 #108

Oh, as I said, I'd be pissed. Lizzie Poppet Aug 2015 #111

while the car was moving? Hope all claim not guility and let a jury decide. Sunlei Aug 2015 #31

why were you standing on the highway Travis_0004 Aug 2015 #32

You can't run people over just because they're on the road. Sunlei Aug 2015 #34

She didnt run over anyone, she just gently shoved them out of the way. 7962 Aug 2015 #39

'gently shoved them out of the way' - so the rule that pedestrians have the right of way Rex Aug 2015 #60

Since the police arrested everybody, they realize that pedestrians are not allowed on the road. Travis_0004 Aug 2015 #68

They dont have the right of way on an interstate. 7962 Aug 2015 #81

You are another one who thinks they know the law and doesn't Lee-Lee Aug 2015 #84

Shhhh....don't break up their pretend outrage! Rex Aug 2015 #64

We're not saying that people have the right christx30 Aug 2015 #105

Anybody who watched that video and can't think for themselves Lee-Lee Aug 2015 #73

Or violating my constitutional right to move about freely! 7962 Aug 2015 #82

Free country? Rex Aug 2015 #59

Lolol, everyone on this thread saying the driver is right giftedgirl77 Aug 2015 #33

Welcome to America, The Bizarro World Sunlei Aug 2015 #36

Guess, we should be thankful the driver wasn't armed or giftedgirl77 Aug 2015 #38

yeah that driver could have killed somebody d_r Aug 2015 #37

I know some 5 year olds that have been taught not to play in the road. Travis_0004 Aug 2015 #43

i know some 15 year olds d_r Aug 2015 #48

Did you watch the video Lee-Lee Aug 2015 #49

I did watch the video d_r Aug 2015 #50

Because when you are driving along and minding your own business Lee-Lee Aug 2015 #51

Wrong all the car had to do was back up and take another route. Rex Aug 2015 #63

Reverse on the interstate? Ace Rothstein Aug 2015 #65

Back up on the interstate?!?! Lee-Lee Aug 2015 #72

If a Tea Party protest held you up for christx30 Aug 2015 #83

no I wouldn't d_r Aug 2015 #85

I'd try to push past. christx30 Aug 2015 #88

The driver was legal and fine Lee-Lee Aug 2015 #47

In Amerikkka this is justified... giftedgirl77 Aug 2015 #53

It is illegal to hit someone with your car on purpose, but nice try. Rex Aug 2015 #62

Please cite all the relevant MO statutes to back your position up Lee-Lee Aug 2015 #74

Not when surrounded by an angry mob, it isn't. Lizzie Poppet Aug 2015 #97

That or they are just concern trolling rather poorly. Rex Aug 2015 #61

It's hard to grasp. Democrats don't think like that, as intelligent, awakened people. Judi Lynn Aug 2015 #112

So I would assume all the bikers who went road rage on that SUV in new York are all facing same? dembotoz Aug 2015 #56

One of the bikers was paralyzed for life. NutmegYankee Aug 2015 #69

OTOH; former CoP shoots wife while she is asleep and gets 12 months probation. Rex Aug 2015 #58

What was the max for the original charge jberryhill Aug 2015 #104

Try not to damage property Blandocyte Aug 2015 #75

What kind of country is this where people can't even protest without getting valerief Aug 2015 #76

The kind that insists on peaceful protest. Lizzie Poppet Aug 2015 #98

people should also be free to drive the highway without having their car damaged. Travis_0004 Aug 2015 #101

What kind of country is it where people can surround a vehicle and start banging on it..... ProudToBeBlueInRhody Aug 2015 #109

If a driver was ploughing through peaceful demonstrators..... Rosa Luxemburg Aug 2015 #77

I call bullshit. No way that tiny lady caused 5,000 in damage to a car with her foot onecaliberal Aug 2015 #80

She didn't have to jberryhill Aug 2015 #95

There are several reasons racist right-wingers would go berserk about this lady. Judi Lynn Aug 2015 #113

FIVE YEARS? Did the SUV die or something? n/t freshwest Aug 2015 #107