Topic: Thank God they mentioned the cars colour and not the drivers colour.
Erik !AltRitexT6 started this discussion 5 years ago #101,068
Although I have a better headline... Woman of COLOURed hair killed but white car.Anonymous B joined in and replied with this 5 years ago, 8 minutes later[^] [v] #1,140,833
I guess gender nonbinary lives don't matter.
Erik !AltRitexT6 (OP) replied with this 5 years ago, 2 minutes later, 10 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,140,834
Thank goodness that between the car and the driver, there was something white to make reference to - otherwise this tweet would've had to reach even further.
Meta !Sober//iZs joined in and replied with this 5 years ago, 2 seconds later, 10 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,140,835
Perhaps standing in the middle of freeways isn't a good idea ?
Anonymous B replied with this 5 years ago, 14 minutes later, 25 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,140,836
@previous (Meta !Sober//iZs)
Harsh. Have you seen the video? That white car very deliberately drove straight at the crowd and made no effort to slow down or avoid them. Also, the freeway was closed - there should have been no cars (white or any other) on it at all.
Harsh. Have you seen the video? That white car very deliberately drove straight at the crowd and made no effort to slow down or avoid them. Also, the freeway was closed - there should have been no cars (white or any other) on it at all.
blom joined in and replied with this 5 years ago, 16 seconds later, 25 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,140,837
Erik !AltRitexT6 (OP) replied with this 5 years ago, 3 minutes later, 29 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,140,838
@1,140,836 (B)
He didn't drive straight at them because there were two vans blocking the way, he drove around them only to find xir standing there
He didn't drive straight at them because there were two vans blocking the way, he drove around them only to find xir standing there
Meta !Sober//iZs replied with this 5 years ago, 4 minutes later, 33 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,140,839
@1,140,837 (blom)
Or, instead of being radicalized, he may have thought he was driving on a freeway with a posted 65mph speed limit and didn't expect a bunch of retards to be standing in the middle of it.
Or, instead of being radicalized, he may have thought he was driving on a freeway with a posted 65mph speed limit and didn't expect a bunch of retards to be standing in the middle of it.
Anonymous B replied with this 5 years ago, 2 minutes later, 36 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,140,841
Meta !Sober//iZs replied with this 5 years ago, 38 seconds later, 37 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,140,842
Also Summer Taylor was supposedly marching in the "Black Femme March". She doesn't look black at all ?
I mean if you call something "Black Femme March" it should have black women in it. Not the world's whitest nonbinary woman.
I mean if you call something "Black Femme March" it should have black women in it. Not the world's whitest nonbinary woman.
Meta !Sober//iZs double-posted this 5 years ago, 2 minutes later, 39 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,140,843
@1,140,841 (B)
There's speculation that he drove the wrong way and entered the freeway using an exit ramp. Given this happened on a holiday weekend, I wouldn't be surprised if intoxication were involved.
Edit: the tweet in the OP said he wasn't impaired but that could just mean he wasn't drunk. He could have been on other substance(s). Or maybe he just really wanted to go somewhere and he was "fuck the road closure I need to get on I-5". Maybe the police didn't close all the onramps and he happened to get through one they forgot. Who knows?
Either way I think the majority of responsibility for this accident is on the protestors.
There's speculation that he drove the wrong way and entered the freeway using an exit ramp. Given this happened on a holiday weekend, I wouldn't be surprised if intoxication were involved.
Edit: the tweet in the OP said he wasn't impaired but that could just mean he wasn't drunk. He could have been on other substance(s). Or maybe he just really wanted to go somewhere and he was "fuck the road closure I need to get on I-5". Maybe the police didn't close all the onramps and he happened to get through one they forgot. Who knows?
Either way I think the majority of responsibility for this accident is on the protestors.
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Anonymous B replied with this 5 years ago, 6 minutes later, 46 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,140,844
@1,140,838 (Erik !AltRitexT6)
No, he was driving on the shoulder - look again. He would have seen very clearly that there were people on the road. Are you telling me that if you were driving on a closed freeway and you saw a van and two other cars parked on it, blocking all three lanes, you would get on the shoulder and accelerate towards the crowd of people standing mostly on the onramp? That may be how they drive in India or Nigeria, but I would have thought any sane person would have slowed right down... or wouldn't have been on the road at all, you know, due to it being CLOSED.
No, he was driving on the shoulder - look again. He would have seen very clearly that there were people on the road. Are you telling me that if you were driving on a closed freeway and you saw a van and two other cars parked on it, blocking all three lanes, you would get on the shoulder and accelerate towards the crowd of people standing mostly on the onramp? That may be how they drive in India or Nigeria, but I would have thought any sane person would have slowed right down... or wouldn't have been on the road at all, you know, due to it being CLOSED.
Anonymous B double-posted this 5 years ago, 5 minutes later, 51 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,140,845
@1,140,843 (Meta !Sober//iZs)
> I wouldn't be surprised if intoxication were involved.
> Either way I think the majority of responsibility for this accident is on the protestors.
So you're excusing a fatal accident caused by possible DUI? Dude, come on. This is poor arguing by your usual standards. Why are you making excuses for this asshole?
> I wouldn't be surprised if intoxication were involved.
> Either way I think the majority of responsibility for this accident is on the protestors.
So you're excusing a fatal accident caused by possible DUI? Dude, come on. This is poor arguing by your usual standards. Why are you making excuses for this asshole?
blom replied with this 5 years ago, 0 seconds later, 51 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,140,846
Meta !Sober//iZs replied with this 5 years ago, 1 hour later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #1,140,859
@1,140,845 (B)
Not excusing. If he was intoxicated he should be charged with drunk driving like anybody else. But the protesters were placing themselves in danger by standing in the middle of the freeway which should not be excused either.
Were the protestors not there (and unlike the car, they had no reason to be on the freeway), the accident wouldn't have happened.
Not excusing. If he was intoxicated he should be charged with drunk driving like anybody else. But the protesters were placing themselves in danger by standing in the middle of the freeway which should not be excused either.
Were the protestors not there (and unlike the car, they had no reason to be on the freeway), the accident wouldn't have happened.
Anonymous E joined in and replied with this 5 years ago, 15 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,140,865
@previous (Meta !Sober//iZs)
DUI cases are whack from the get go with the inherent presumption that if you are guilty you ' could' of caused personal or property damage due to a supposed impairment.
DUI cases are whack from the get go with the inherent presumption that if you are guilty you ' could' of caused personal or property damage due to a supposed impairment.
Anonymous F joined in and replied with this 5 years ago, 12 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,140,867
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Killer Lettuce? !HonkUK.BIE joined in and replied with this 5 years ago, 3 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,140,869
@previous (F)
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Kook !!rcSrAtaAC joined in and replied with this 5 years ago, 45 minutes later, 3 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,140,881
Yeah it is weird how they keep stressing that bit was a WHITE car. Because of this, protesting on freeways is now illegal. Which is good
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Anonymous I joined in and replied with this 5 years ago, 1 hour later, 4 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,140,907
All Lives Splatter.
https://mediav.crazyshit.com/content/2020/07/9a07ce46.mp4?t=1594139569&h=83c869741fcf9c7fcc41764e15ba5976
https://mediav.crazyshit.com/content/2020/07/9a07ce46.mp4?t=1594139569&h=83c869741fcf9c7fcc41764e15ba5976
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Anonymous E replied with this 5 years ago, 12 minutes later, 4 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,140,912
Anonymous J joined in and replied with this 5 years ago, 1 hour later, 6 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,140,929
I cannot tell when you are trolling or being sincere anymore.
chill dog !!81dzJNNYL joined in and replied with this 5 years ago, 5 hours later, 12 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,141,010
@1,140,859 (Meta !Sober//iZs)
The freeway was closed! He shouldn't have been on it at all!
I can recognise a closed road even with all the signs being in a language I don't really know. What's his excuse?
The freeway was closed! He shouldn't have been on it at all!
I can recognise a closed road even with all the signs being in a language I don't really know. What's his excuse?
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Meta !Sober//iZs replied with this 5 years ago, 12 hours later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #1,141,179
@previous (chill dog !!81dzJNNYL)
Again we don't know the whole story yet. It's possible he got on the freeway through an entrance ramp the police forgot to close. Maybe he was high as a kite and got confused after entering the wrong way through an off-ramp. Or maybe this black man really was radicalized into white supremacy and drove his white Jaguar into the Black Femme March on purpose in a tribute to James Alex Fields. I don't know.
What I do know is, it's retarded to stand in the middle of the freeway and I have difficulty mustering any sympathy for retards who get hit by cars while they're standing in the middle of the freeway.
Again we don't know the whole story yet. It's possible he got on the freeway through an entrance ramp the police forgot to close. Maybe he was high as a kite and got confused after entering the wrong way through an off-ramp. Or maybe this black man really was radicalized into white supremacy and drove his white Jaguar into the Black Femme March on purpose in a tribute to James Alex Fields. I don't know.
What I do know is, it's retarded to stand in the middle of the freeway and I have difficulty mustering any sympathy for retards who get hit by cars while they're standing in the middle of the freeway.
chill dog !!81dzJNNYL replied with this 5 years ago, 4 hours later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #1,141,214
@previous (Meta !Sober//iZs)
It seems unlikely that the relevant authorities simply forgot to close a freeway ramp.
If the road is closed, people are fine to stand there. The city shuts down certain roads to cars all the time, for street festivals or races or other things. You think that someone attending one of those races or street festivals deserves to get hit by a car?
It seems unlikely that the relevant authorities simply forgot to close a freeway ramp.
If the road is closed, people are fine to stand there. The city shuts down certain roads to cars all the time, for street festivals or races or other things. You think that someone attending one of those races or street festivals deserves to get hit by a car?
blom replied with this 5 years ago, 1 minute later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #1,141,215
Meta !Sober//iZs replied with this 5 years ago, 35 minutes later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #1,141,218
@1,141,214 (chill dog !!81dzJNNYL)
The police make mistakes all the time. I don't know how many on-ramps there were, or where the road closures exactly were. I have no idea on the local geography of the roads there. But it definitely seems possible. Or maybe he was high and smashed right through a "road closed" sign. Again, this could have been malicious and deliberate or it could have been an unfortunate series of fuckups that ended in tragedy. I honestly don't know.
> If the road is closed, people are fine to stand there.
Under the traffic laws, yes. Under Newton's laws, no.
I think protesting in the middle of a freeway is completely retarded, and I would not recommend anyone do it. I mean the first thing parents teach their kids after they can walk is not to play in the street.
> The city shuts down certain roads to cars all the time, for street festivals or races or other things.
Street festivals are done on more pedestrian-friendly, lower speed streets. If a driver did get confused and somehow entered a street closed off for a festival, it would be much easier to stop before hitting anyone at 20-30 mph.
The planning for closing off streets for races/festivals is probably much better as well, as these are scheduled in advance and not a bunch of retards deciding they are going to take over a piece of the highway.
The police make mistakes all the time. I don't know how many on-ramps there were, or where the road closures exactly were. I have no idea on the local geography of the roads there. But it definitely seems possible. Or maybe he was high and smashed right through a "road closed" sign. Again, this could have been malicious and deliberate or it could have been an unfortunate series of fuckups that ended in tragedy. I honestly don't know.
> If the road is closed, people are fine to stand there.
Under the traffic laws, yes. Under Newton's laws, no.
I think protesting in the middle of a freeway is completely retarded, and I would not recommend anyone do it. I mean the first thing parents teach their kids after they can walk is not to play in the street.
> The city shuts down certain roads to cars all the time, for street festivals or races or other things.
Street festivals are done on more pedestrian-friendly, lower speed streets. If a driver did get confused and somehow entered a street closed off for a festival, it would be much easier to stop before hitting anyone at 20-30 mph.
The planning for closing off streets for races/festivals is probably much better as well, as these are scheduled in advance and not a bunch of retards deciding they are going to take over a piece of the highway.
Coil E. Leafeon !!KKlJgsBn+ joined in and replied with this 5 years ago, 3 minutes later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #1,141,219
Did Google know the street was closed? Could he have just been following his GPS?
chill dog !!81dzJNNYL replied with this 5 years ago, 18 minutes later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #1,141,226
@previous (Coil E. Leafeon !!KKlJgsBn+)
Google is really good about road closures, in my experience. My city has many road closures and they change frequently and google has never led me astray.
Google is really good about road closures, in my experience. My city has many road closures and they change frequently and google has never led me astray.
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Coil E. Leafeon !!KKlJgsBn+ replied with this 5 years ago, 1 minute later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #1,141,227
@previous (chill dog !!81dzJNNYL)
I just wonder how quickly the road was closed, since the protesters probably didnt file a permit it may not have hit Google as quickly as a scheduled closure
I just wonder how quickly the road was closed, since the protesters probably didnt file a permit it may not have hit Google as quickly as a scheduled closure
chill dog !!81dzJNNYL replied with this 5 years ago, 4 minutes later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #1,141,229
@previous (Coil E. Leafeon !!KKlJgsBn+)
Hm true. Given how well Google tracks traffic I would be surprised if they hadn't yet caught it somehow.
Hm true. Given how well Google tracks traffic I would be surprised if they hadn't yet caught it somehow.