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Eh, what are we gonna do, stick anyone who has a hit and run in jail? Jail should be reserved for dangerous people, not someone who commits a hit and run. They had no way of knowing it would turn into a serial thing.
Edit: I should add that purposeful bodily injury is a small subset of hit and runs that would be different than just a regular car crash that damages a vehicle or structure. This case appears to involve multiple attempted vehicular homicides, which is far more serious than a hit and run, which typically just involves fender benders
Please say sike.
Minor property crimes don’t deserve jail time. They deserve fines
FTA:
This is not a fender bender in a parking lot. This is an attempted abduction (probably attempted rape,) turned into an attempted murder.
I think you have me confused with the OP?
I didn’t post it.
The only edit to my comment was from an auto-incorrect “gender” to “fender”
The article says the dude tried to force a woman into his car and when he failed, ran her over. Which is pretty much my definition of “dangerous man”
Damn dude. You just keep taking Ls so much that you delete shit?!
You must have been very wrong at this point.
I stand by my original point, I just deleted this thread. Most hit and runs are minor accidents. People should not be jailed for them
That's unfortunate that you deleted everything. You should let people know just how bad a take you make.
I didn’t delete my comments dude, just the ones on this thread. You must feel really cool insulting people on social media though. You must be a really cool person.
Id probably be a lot cooler if I went back and deleted comments so I don't look as bad.
Minor property crime?
What exactly do you think a hit and run is?
A car crash where you typically do less than 2-3k in damage. It does not require bodily injury to be a hit and run
Read the damn article.
Read my original comment? My point is “why do of they have arrested him after one hit and run?” As I stated to you before, I missed the part where they said the hit and run was directed at an individual. People should not be locked up for run of the mill hit and runs.
You didn't state it to me.
Literally the first sentence of the article
Hitting a person with your car is not a fucking property crime
First off, the police didn't even arrest him. This is nothing to do with a 'failure' to lock him up, it's a failure to bring any charges at all.
But, more importantly, hit and run is a very serious crime. Whether or not you were at fault for hitting someone, leaving the scene instead of getting them help is the most serious element of the crime (in the absence of evidence of intent).
Hitting an individual is a small subset of hit and runs. Most just involve property damage to a vehicle or structure
That hole must be 10 ft deep by now. You sure you wanna go further?
Sure? I’m not defending the dude in the article, who I now know was attacking people. I admit I skipped a few paragraphs and misunderstood this case. But I’m still steadfast in my belief that property crimes don’t deserve prison sentences. A hit and run in and of itself does not warrant being locked up.
I don't think that is true. But even if it was, this particular hit and run hit a person. As you know because the guy turned out to be a fucking serial killer using his car as a weapon.
As I’ve said, this particular case is different. But why would the majority of hit and runs involve injuries? The majority of car accidents do not involve serious injuries. The ones that make the news do, but most accidents are minor
I've no idea why you're wriggling so very hard to exonerate the police here but it is a really fucking terrible look. HTH
I’m not? I’ve said multiple times that this case is different.
Once more, people, in general, should not be locked up for causing minor damage to another vehicle, even when they flee the scene.
As I have said MULTIPLE times, if the hit and run involves targeting a person or a major crash that injures someone, that is different
No one has argued for anyone to be locked up for causing minor damage to inanimate objects.
If you are unwilling to grapple with the details of this offender and/or unable to quit your knee-jerk defence of the police persistently ignoring the crimes of predators, just keep your fucking mouth shut.
Except people have disagreed with my statements?
I’m not talking about the article, I’ve already discussed that in other threads. Of course they fucked up and should have more aggressively pursued Pham.
You're on the wrong thread. I don't care that you got here because you're an idle blabbermouth who prefers spouting words to reading them. It's well past time for you to fuck off.
Idk why you’re so mad, we literally agree on this? And I read the article, dude.