by Bob Walsh
A couple of interesting things made the national news in
the last few days that may very well show up the differences between how
a reasonable place and an unreasonable place look at safety of the
public.
In Florida recently
Governor DeSantis addressed that issue of a Florida driver essentially
forcing the way thru a crowd of "demonstrators" (rioters) with a motor
vehicle. The Governor said that in his mind it was clear that action
was self defense by the driver who had legitimate fear for physical
safety and was attempting to get the hell out of Dodge.
In
California a piece hit the news last night. A video. A woman in a
smallish car was trying to get from point A to point B when a mob of
people (almost all of them looked like they were youngish White people)
surrounded her car and began pounding on the hood, roof and glass. The
driver apparently decided that she was in danger and started driving
forward. At least one of the aggressive "protesters" refused to get out
of the way and continued to pound on the hood, yell, and be an asshole
in general. The driver did NOT stop. Even a strong human is not
usually a match for even a small car. The "protester" went down sort-of
sideways in front of the car. The car drove over her happy ass (her
legs actually) and kept going. The "protester" was significantly
injured and appeared to be very unhappy.
I
do not know what, if anything the LA authorities will do about this
when or if they manage to identify the driver. They could decide that
the driver acted unreasonably and should have allowed the mob to smash
her car, drag her out and beat her half to death. They could also
decide she was legitimately in fear for her life and that her actions
were reasonable. It will be interesting to look at from afar. I would
not care to be the test case. This could easily go poorly for the
driver.
1 comment:
The cops are now looking for the driver on suspicion of hit-and-run. I strongly suspect her legal position would be MUCH BETTER if she had called the cops promptly after the incident and told them (accurately) that she was in fear for her life and fled to ensure her personal safety. I still hope she manages to avoid both serious civil and criminal trouble.
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