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[-] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 45 points 3 months ago

So the NYT can use the active voice after all.

An assailant ran over the 80-year-old man with an all-terrain vehicle, leaving him badly injured.

[-] LaGG_3@hexbear.net 43 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

All this hand wringing over political violence when someone runs over (not kills) and 80 year old with and ATV, but crickets and "it's unclear what the suspect's motivation was" whenever some chud does a mass shooting.

[-] happybadger@hexbear.net 40 points 3 months ago

Chief Tami Sleeman of the Hancock police said the incident was one of three involving the 22-year-old suspect last weekend. He also used a shovel to destroy the windows of a parked truck with a sticker supporting Mr. Trump, the chief said, and vandalized the tires of a parked vehicle that had a sticker supporting law enforcement

If Aaron Sorkin wrote Falling Down

[-] porcupine@lemmygrad.ml 36 points 3 months ago

I thought the American legal precedent is that drivers are allowed to kill pedestrians?

[-] nat_turner_overdrive@hexbear.net 21 points 3 months ago

*left wing or liberal pedestrians

[-] Hexamerous@hexbear.net 14 points 3 months ago

Is it castle doctrine if you live in your car?

[-] porcupine@lemmygrad.ml 20 points 3 months ago

I believe the precedent inherited from English common law is that if you don't own a house, you can be legally killed for any reason

[-] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 4 points 3 months ago

Not if politics is involved.

[-] krolden@lemmy.ml 4 points 3 months ago

Not if you have a good reaaon

[-] HexbearGPT@hexbear.net 35 points 3 months ago

cops and trump supporters gaslighting about how "we don't want political violence" uh sure you don't. just when it's against you. lmfao.

[-] Erika3sis@hexbear.net 30 points 3 months ago

Some unfortunate ambiguity with the pronouns in the title, I thought it was the 80 year old who committed suicide at first.

[-] autism_2@hexbear.net 21 points 3 months ago

shouldve just put a banana peel in front of his door idk

[-] HexbearGPT@hexbear.net 21 points 3 months ago
[-] GeorgeZBush@hexbear.net 10 points 3 months ago

He'll get over it

[-] Frank@hexbear.net 7 points 3 months ago

Aww. Rip based valdalism and vehicular assault kid. rat-salute-2

[-] oregoncom@hexbear.net 7 points 3 months ago

Where's the liberal driller when you need him? How hard is it to kill an 80 year old?

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