Teen's Twitter After Mowing Down Grandma

[Krazy4Real]

It's terrible that the grandma died, but I don't see anything wrong with posting on twitter.

 

[Newbian]

The real outrage is pasta on Thansgiving???

This x2.

 

[dabuddha]

Just because someone dies in an accident doesn't mean a crime was committed. She wasn't under the influence and she didn't flee the scene. Absent a finding of criminal negligence she won't be going to jail. And like a said before just because someone dies doesn't mean a crime occurred.

The pedestrian had the right of way.

 

[destrekor]

Of course the family is outraged, they just lost a relative to this person, her tweet is completely beside the point. She would be vilified for doing anything other than crying about it nonstop.

Per her first tweet, she's quite upset and is trying to work through it on her own terms, in this case that means trying to ignore it and go on with the holiday. That is an incredibly terrible article, it reads more like an opinionated blog post than actual journalism.

Exactly - she clearly stating she's attempting to cope and keep herself collected. And then she posted an image - holidays, family gatherings, and food... that's about the only legal way a human knows how to cope with anything, as you figure they will throw themselves into all of the holiday mix, trying to overwhelm their mind so they aren't thinking of anything that isn't about the present.

 

[dud]

Me thinks that a civil lawsuit will be coming her way soon ...

She may not have much in the way of assets ... including a damaged Ford Focus, but her actions have infuriated the victims family (and others) and since we are a litigous society I predict that she will be paying for this for a VERY long time.


BTW, it appears that the twit deleted her Twitter account. If she had been smart she should have done that BEFORE she thought of posting.

 

[foghorn67]

Me thinks that a civil lawsuit will be coming her way soon ...

She may not have much in the way of assets ... including a damaged Ford Focus, but her actions have infuriated the victims family (and others) and since we are a litigous society I predict that she will be paying for this for a VERY long time.


BTW, it appears that the twit deleted her Twitter account. If she had been smart she should have done that BEFORE she thought of posting.

I don't think you are very smart. You overlooked two things.

 

[Newbian]

Ehhh if the family hated the girl enough they shouldn't had been following her on twitter to begin with.

God forbid a person continues to go on living after making a mistake.

 

[Perknose]

Typical Perk thread.

Go back to my OP and you'll notice that I took no stance either way, which is absolutely ATYPICAL for me.

Because I could see both sides of the situation, I was curious to see how different OT posters would respond. I was not disappointed.

Of all the posters, though, you exposed your bitter, petty little loser self the most.

How do you like them apples, bitter loser boy?

 

[edro]

Ok? What is she supposed to do?

exactly
How is this "news"?!

I see nothing wrong with her post.

 

[dabuddha]

Exactly - she clearly stating she's attempting to cope and keep herself collected. And then she posted an image - holidays, family gatherings, and food... that's about the only legal way a human knows how to cope with anything, as you figure they will throw themselves into all of the holiday mix, trying to overwhelm their mind so they aren't thinking of anything that isn't about the present.

And you'd tweet it? If she had thrown herself into the holidays as a way of coping, that's one thing. The fact that she's tweeting about it makes her look like a superficial wise and beautiful woman. I can just imagine it now, "oh my gawd, I broke a nail when I hit that old lady. Oh well, I'm going to eat my lasagna and hopefully daddy can buy me a new car."

 

[purbeast0]

And you'd tweet it? If she had thrown herself into the holidays as a way of coping, that's one thing. The fact that she's tweeting about it makes her look like a superficial wise and beautiful woman. I can just imagine it now, "oh my gawd, I broke a nail when I hit that old lady. Oh well, I'm going to eat my lasagna and hopefully daddy can buy me a new car."

can you link us to where you see that? because i don't see that anywhere.

and what do you mean, tweeting about "it" ... what is the "it" exactly?

 

[OCGuy]

Perk generally takes a wide stance, but that is a different story.

Luckily "Focus" has two syllables, so it fits the song perfectly:

:music; "Grandma got ran-over by a Focus..." :music;

 

[FallenHero]

The pedestrian had the right of way.

Ok. Thats a traffic citation. Doesnt make it a jailable offense.

 

[KevinCU]

Go back to my OP and you'll notice that I took no stance either way, which is absolutely ATYPICAL for me.

Because I could see both sides of the situation, I was curious to see how different OT posters would respond. I was not disappointed.

Of all the posters, though, you exposed your bitter, petty little loser self the most.

How do you like them apples, bitter loser boy?

You seem upset.

 

[OCGuy]

Pedestrian does not always have the right of way. A simple google search of incidents would tell you this.

My SO's father hit a homeless person one night and killed him. They took him in for blood tests in case the DA wanted to press charges, but the guy was attempting to cross a street that was not well lit, and he was jay-walking. No charges.

Here a NFL player actually kills a construction worker with a .128 BAC and gets 30 days:

http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/06/16/florida.nfl.player.plea/index.html

 

[_Rick_]

She should've killed herself. That's obviously the only way of coping that's allowed.

But not the easy way out, no like her victim, she should suffer for at least three days!
And post it all on twitter.

 

[crownjules]

Would smash.

 

[Fritzo]

The real tragedy here is the teen was wearing a reindeer costume when she ran over that grandma.

 

[smackababy]

The real tragedy here is the teen was wearing a reindeer costume when she ran over that grandma.

Was it a sexy reindeer or just a normal one? Because, if it was not the latter, tragedy not found.

 

[OCGuy]

Would smash.

Indeed.....she would look just like the food in that picture when I was done with it, too.

At least this wasn't a real tragedy.....like the pedestrian being hot and the driver being ugly. *shudder*

 

[Brian Stirling]

Yes I smell a lawsuit in the works and this is an effort to poison the jury pool. And, it will likely succeed.

Here remarks, by themselves, should not cause any outrage but the inclusion of the Thanksgiving meal picture will be the thing that works against her.

It's possible the family contacted a lawyer and he/she poked around on Twitter/Facebook etc trolling for such stuff.

So, beyond whatever legal issues she has for hitting someone in a crosswalk she's likely to have a civil lawsuit that she will almost certainly lose given the negative publicity she's already received.

Now, she may have been distracted with texting or similar and that will come out pretty soon, but the fact that she hit someone that later died when they were in a crosswalk doesn't look good.


Brian

 

[OCGuy]

Yes I smell a lawsuit in the works and this is an effort to poison the jury pool. And, it will likely succeed.

Here remarks, by themselves, should not cause any outrage but the inclusion of the Thanksgiving meal picture will be the thing that works against her.

It's possible the family contacted a lawyer and he/she poked around on Twitter/Facebook etc trolling for such stuff.

So, beyond whatever legal issues she has for hitting someone in a crosswalk she's likely to have a civil lawsuit that she will almost certainly lose given the negative publicity she's already received.

Now, she may have been distracted with texting or similar and that will come out pretty soon, but the fact that she hit someone that later died when they were in a crosswalk doesn't look good.


Brian

What in the world do you think that 19 year old will lose in a lawsuit?

Her insurance will have to settle for the maximum liability, but she most likely has no assets.

 

[Newbian]

The real tragedy here is the teen was wearing a reindeer costume when she ran over that grandma.

Dammit you made me laugh in a quiet room full of people.

 

[Newbian]

Was it a sexy reindeer or just a normal one? Because, if it was not the latter, tragedy not found.

There is a song about this if you were being serious.

 

[sixone]

Good thing she didn't do something like this at the old lady's memorial service. That would have really ginned up some controversy.