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During a Columbus Day protest in Reno, a man gets in an argument with a group of protesters blocking the road. There is a confrontation, and then he drives through the protesters sending one to the hospital.
Since when is it OK to drive a vehicle through a crowd of people?
I did not read the report of this particular incident.
However, no, the driver should not necessarily be charged. The rules of self defence apply in such situations, just as if the driver had instead used a gun.
If a driver is blocked by a crowd of protesters and the driver reasonably fears an imminent deadly force attack, then that driver would be legally entitled to use deadly force in self-defence, even the use of his/her car to “run down” the unlawful threat of deadly force.
ETA: Just watched the video. The protesters were hitting the drivers car and threatening the driver. Of course, in the end, the cops, prosecutor, judge, and jury will have to agree that the driver had a reasonable fear of an imminent attack. Given the scenes of rioting and beatings of late, I think the driver could reasonably argue that he felt the threat was imminent and that it was one of deadly force (deadly force includes force that would likely cause grave injury).
I did not read the report of this particular incident.
However, no, the driver should not necessarily be charged. The rules of self defence apply in such situations, just as if the driver had instead used a gun.
If a driver is blocked by a crowd of protesters and the driver reasonably fears an imminent deadly force attack, then that driver would be legally entitled to use deadly force in self-defence, even the use of his/her car to “run down” the unlawful threat of deadly force.
ETA: Just watched the video. The protesters were hitting the drivers car and threatening the driver. Of course, in the end, the cops, prosecutor, judge, and jury will have to agree that the driver had a reasonable fear of an imminent attack. Given the scenes of rioting and beatings of late, I think the driver could reasonably argue that he felt the threat was imminent and that it was one of deadly force (deadly force includes force that would likely cause grave injury).
Some of the protesters stated that this same person was harassing them earlier in the day. He put himself in that situation.
In any case, he could have left the scene. Does he know that his truck has a reverse gear? Does he realize that there are probably four other roads he could have taken?
No, he was itching for a fight. He was looking to harm those people. He should be charged with attempted vehicular homicide.
Yeah, the problem here is that they started pounding on his vehicle and threatening him.
He should be charged anyway, but don't count on the indictment holding up in court.
Yes if someone is protesting and blocking traffic they deserve a death sentence by vehicle.
Why the histrionics and exaggeration? No one was killed. No one was even seriously injured.
Your rights end where mine begin. If you don't want to get hit by a car, gtfo of the street. It's not that complicated.
Also, during the argument, someone reached inside the truck through the driver's window. As far as I'm concerned, that's a threat to my safety, I will be continuing forward to get away. If people are too stupid to move the hell out of the way of a moving vehicle, I don't have a lot of sympathy for them.
You can protest, what you are not allowed to do is violate everyone elses rights in the process.
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