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| 240 is Back:
UPDATE TO CASE: They determined the cop was speeding and using his laptop, both violations. They gave him a "careless driving" ticket. He's been back on the force since a few days after the wreck. People are outraged locally... he killed a 15 year old riding his bike to school... playing on a computer (policy of LSCO is to pull over to use, always) while speeding (at rates of "at least 50 in a 45mph"). He got a careless driving ticket. No reckless, no manslaughter, no anything. The same thing we'd get for drifting 2 lanes to turn without signaling, or eating a burger while driving (and hitting nobody). Careless driving. A ticket. And they wait til friday PM news dump to release it. www.nbc-2.com In SW Florida, this is a huge hotbutton issue. Basically, cop is driving "at least" 50 mph in a 45 mph limit zone. He runs over kid who is legally in the road, but may not have had lights on his bike (family said he had reflectors, but who knows). He kills kid with his car. http://www.nbc-2.com/story/26399611/report-released-on-deputy-involved-crash-that-killed-cape-teen So the Q is - for cops or for anyone - if you are speeding, and it's proven (as it is here with the car chip metrics), are you at fault? Is this cop looking at jail time? Fired from police dept, etc? People are HUGELY divided here... some say "Hey, everyone speeds". Other say "kid was 15, driving to school, cop broke law, lock him up". What is the legal precedent here? (Note: "At Least" wording may mean cop was going faster - they do speed bigtime on that street). |
| Royalty:
--- Quote from: 240 is Back on August 29, 2014, 05:12:46 AM ---In SW Florida, this is a huge hotbutton issue. Basically, cop is driving "at least" 50 mph in a 45 mph limit zone. He runs over kid who is legally in the road, but may not have had lights on his bike (family said he had reflectors, but who knows). He kills kid with his car. http://www.nbc-2.com/story/26399611/report-released-on-deputy-involved-crash-that-killed-cape-teen So the Q is - for cops or for anyone - if you are speeding, and it's proven (as it is here with the car chip metrics), are you at fault? Is this cop looking at jail time? Fired from police dept, etc? People are HUGELY divided here... some say "Hey, everyone speeds". Other say "kid was 15, driving to school, cop broke law, lock him up". What is the legal precedent here? (Note: "At Least" wording may mean cop was going faster - they do speed bigtime on that street). --- End quote --- What time of day was the accident? How dark was it? It's still August, school isn't in session yet is it? (you said that the kid was on the way to school) |
| Lustral:
Speeding doesn't necessarily mean fault or dangerous driving. Depends on situation. |
| Irongrip400:
If he is found at fault, he should be fired. If he was on his phone or something, he should be fired. If he was speeding i.e. reckless driving, he should be given legal punishment. Accidents happen, and if it was just that, through no real fault of the cop or the boys, then he should get off with just his conscious haunting him for the rest of his life. This is why I do not bike on the open road. |
| Andy Griffin:
The kid probably didn't even lift. |
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