Recently in Dallas, there was a freeway shooting that was caused by road rage. The short form of the story is that car A (a large SUV with 3 side windows) cutoff car B and car B retaliated by throwing a bottle that broke the backside (last) window. The driver of car A then slowed down and was several lengths behind car B when he then sped up and the driver of car A shot and killed the driver of car B.
Now my question is would this be manslaughter or murder. Myself, I am leaning toward murder because the driver of car A pulled behind car B and was clearly out of danger when he decided to speed up and reengage car B. So what do you think? Should the driver be charged with murder or manslaughter or nothing...
PeterS wrote:
Recently in Dallas, there was a freeway shooting that was caused by road rage. The short form of the story is that car A (a large SUV with 3 side windows) cutoff car B and car B retaliated by throwing a bottle that broke the backside (last) window. The driver of car A then slowed down and was several lengths behind car B when he then sped up and the driver of car A shot and killed the driver of car B.
Now my question is would this be manslaughter or murder. Myself, I am leaning toward murder because the driver of car A pulled behind car B and was clearly out of danger when he decided to speed up and reengage car B. So what do you think? Should the driver be charged with murder or manslaughter or nothing...
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Just the fact that the driver of car A re-engaged the driver in car B sped up and shot him is premeditate to me . . . it was murder.
PeterS wrote:
Recently in Dallas, there was a freeway shooting that was caused by road rage. The short form of the story is that car A (a large SUV with 3 side windows) cutoff car B and car B retaliated by throwing a bottle that broke the backside (last) window. The driver of car A then slowed down and was several lengths behind car B when he then sped up and the driver of car A shot and killed the driver of car B.
Now my question is would this be manslaughter or murder. Myself, I am leaning toward murder because the driver of car A pulled behind car B and was clearly out of danger when he decided to speed up and reengage car B. So what do you think? Should the driver be charged with murder or manslaughter or nothing...
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Murder. First a bottle and then a bullet. No self defense since he started the violence and could have avoided the suv
I find it interesting that both conservatives and liberals are agreeing on this one.. I wish we could agree on more.
PeterS wrote:
Recently in Dallas, there was a freeway shooting that was caused by road rage. The short form of the story is that car A (a large SUV with 3 side windows) cutoff car B and car B retaliated by throwing a bottle that broke the backside (last) window. The driver of car A then slowed down and was several lengths behind car B when he then sped up and the driver of car A shot and killed the driver of car B.
Now my question is would this be manslaughter or murder. Myself, I am leaning toward murder because the driver of car A pulled behind car B and was clearly out of danger when he decided to speed up and reengage car B. So what do you think? Should the driver be charged with murder or manslaughter or nothing...
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I wouldn't have thrown the bottle. There isn't a driver out there that hasn't cut another off without knowledge. Second degree murder.
PeterS wrote:
Recently in Dallas, there was a freeway shooting that was caused by road rage. The short form of the story is that car A (a large SUV with 3 side windows) cutoff car B and car B retaliated by throwing a bottle that broke the backside (last) window. The driver of car A then slowed down and was several lengths behind car B when he then sped up and the driver of car A shot and killed the driver of car B.
Now my question is would this be manslaughter or murder. Myself, I am leaning toward murder because the driver of car A pulled behind car B and was clearly out of danger when he decided to speed up and reengage car B. So what do you think? Should the driver be charged with murder or manslaughter or nothing...
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From the facts presented, the driver of car A should be charged with both murder and manslaughter;
after hearing all of the evidence, from both sides, a Jury of 12 should make the final determination.
PeterS wrote:
Recently in Dallas, there was a freeway shooting that was caused by road rage. The short form of the story is that car A (a large SUV with 3 side windows) cutoff car B and car B retaliated by throwing a bottle that broke the backside (last) window. The driver of car A then slowed down and was several lengths behind car B when he then sped up and the driver of car A shot and killed the driver of car B.
Now my question is would this be manslaughter or murder. Myself, I am leaning toward murder because the driver of car A pulled behind car B and was clearly out of danger when he decided to speed up and reengage car B. So what do you think? Should the driver be charged with murder or manslaughter or nothing...
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Texas, a self cleaning oven.
PeterS wrote:
Recently in Dallas, there was a freeway shooting that was caused by road rage. The short form of the story is that car A (a large SUV with 3 side windows) cutoff car B and car B retaliated by throwing a bottle that broke the backside (last) window. The driver of car A then slowed down and was several lengths behind car B when he then sped up and the driver of car A shot and killed the driver of car B.
Now my question is would this be manslaughter or murder. Myself, I am leaning toward murder because the driver of car A pulled behind car B and was clearly out of danger when he decided to speed up and reengage car B. So what do you think? Should the driver be charged with murder or manslaughter or nothing...
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Murder, in that out of danger he decided instead to reengage in a highly threatening way. Maybe even self-defense.
rumitoid wrote:
Murder, in that out of danger he decided instead to reengage in a highly threatening way. Maybe even self-defense.
You can't equate a bullet to a bottle thrown at a back window. It was murder, not self-defense.
Iliamna1 wrote:
Just the fact that the driver of car A re-engaged the driver in car B sped up and shot him is premeditate to me . . . it was murder.
But it was seconds or at most a few minutes. First degree murder might be a stretch. Any defense lawyer would emphasize that.
Kevyn wrote:
Texas, a self cleaning oven.
Kevyn thus treats us to another example of why he should be ignored.
crazylibertarian wrote:
Kevyn thus treats us to another example of why he should be ignored.
I was thinking along those same lines. Idiotic.
But to the thread, murder.
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