Ferguson Protester hit by car while protesting in street.

GagHalfrunt

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Does it make me a bad person to think "Good!! That's what happens when you stand in the middle of a street at night."?
 

DrunkenSano

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Today, an idiot learned that the road is for cars, not for people to stand around on.
 

Paladin3

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From the various articles I've read it appears that the woman who was driving the car stopped and is cooperating with police. She claims she didn't see the protester standing in the road until it was too late. And the sounds of at least two separate shooters, which can clearly be heard on the video, were apparently protesters shooting at her car after she stopped. So much for a peaceful protest.

Most ironic part was the woman screaming "the cops are just sitting over there not doing shit!" when it was protesters doing the shooting at an innocent woman after an accident they caused.
 

DrunkenSano

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I hope the insurance company goes after the idiot that was standing in the middle of the street for any damages done to her car.
 

FeuerFrei

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I was in Ferguson last September (visiting a cemetery for photographic purposes). Quite a few houses had signs in the yard reading "We have to stop killing each other." Naturally, I found this elementary-school approach to violence amusing. Way to admonish those unruly kids, Mr. Garrison. It's like real life South Park.
 

pcgeek11

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Wow. Why in the heck would you stand in a lane of traffic wearing dark cloths to protest anything?

Stupid is as stupid does.
 
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John Connor

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So far this week in news has been an absolute laugh riot. Between the guy that jumped from a jetway onto the tarmac to try and catch his flight, the Mission Impossible dude scaling Trump Tower with four suction cups and a Darwin award winner, I just can't pick my self up off the floor! ROFL!
 

John Connor

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From the various articles I've read it appears that the woman who was driving the car stopped and is cooperating with police. She claims she didn't see the protester standing in the road until it was too late. And the sounds of at least two separate shooters, which can clearly be heard on the video, were apparently protesters shooting at her car after she stopped. So much for a peaceful protest.

Most ironic part was the woman screaming "the cops are just sitting over there not doing shit!" when it was protesters doing the shooting at an innocent woman after an accident they caused.


Unfucking real!
 

TheGardener

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In Boston BLM blocked an interstate and traffic was backed up for many miles. People couldn't get to work. Worse an ambulance couldn't get through. I guess dying people don't matter.
 

Fulle

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Black people are hard to see at night. I almost hit a guy coming home from work one day... He was a black guy in mostly black clothing, walking across the black street at night in a spot with limited streetlights.

You know what also gets me? Bike riders at night with no lights. Do you have a death wish?!
 

master_shake_

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i'm not a rocket surgeon but if you stand in the street attempting to protest, people going what looks like 45 miles an hour aren't going to see or be able to dodge you.

also what's up with the gunshots?
 

highland145

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Posted earlier, iirc, the lady that hit him stopped and the crowed started shooting at her. Classy, right?
 

purbeast0

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Damn that was pretty brutal. But let's be real it's hard to see anyone at night from a distance, let a lone a black person wearing dark clothing. It wasn't like there was a backup of traffic due to the protestors already slowing down traffic, it was a clear freeway.

If someone jumped out onto I95 at night around here I'd expect them to be nailed as well, even if it was a white person wearing neon colored clothing. Just not enough time to react even if you did see them.
 

rh71

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At the same time, if you see a crowd of people along a street, you're not supposed to be going that fast either.

Are you flying down your lane if the right lane has a bunch of cars stuck in traffic?