Midnight@slrpnk.net to THE POLICE PROBLEM@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoBar owner is arrested after St. Louis police officer crashes into his businesswww.seattletimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square28fedilinkarrow-up1156arrow-down15 cross-posted to: nottheonion@lemmy.world
arrow-up1151arrow-down1external-linkBar owner is arrested after St. Louis police officer crashes into his businesswww.seattletimes.comMidnight@slrpnk.net to THE POLICE PROBLEM@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square28fedilink cross-posted to: nottheonion@lemmy.world
minus-squareLufyCZ@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down8·11 months agoSo if I decide to crash into a tree, do I get charged with attempted murder? Even in cases of reckless driving, the charge is manslaughter, proving murder is gonna be hard unless there’s evidence of premeditation
minus-squarenuez_jr@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·11 months agoCrashing into a tree would be charged as treeson.
minus-squareNeato@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·11 months agoDeciding to crash into a person is attempted murder. People live in houses.
minus-squareLufyCZ@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down4·11 months agoThey crashed into a place of business (as said in the article) at 1230am. No people are around shops at that time. Your argument would never stand in court.
minus-squareLilB0kChoy@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoIt was a bar so it’s very likely there were people around but it would still be hard to prove intent to kill.
minus-squareMotoAsh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·11 months agoIs that why the owner and others were still in the building? You’re literally making shit up that doesn’t even apply here.
So if I decide to crash into a tree, do I get charged with attempted murder?
Even in cases of reckless driving, the charge is manslaughter, proving murder is gonna be hard unless there’s evidence of premeditation
Crashing into a tree would be charged as treeson.
Do we have a /c/treelaw yet?
Deciding to crash into a person is attempted murder. People live in houses.
They crashed into a place of business (as said in the article) at 1230am. No people are around shops at that time.
Your argument would never stand in court.
It was a bar so it’s very likely there were people around but it would still be hard to prove intent to kill.
Is that why the owner and others were still in the building? You’re literally making shit up that doesn’t even apply here.