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Car plows through protesters during Ferguson rally in south Minneapolis [W:349]

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Here's an interesting little bit about Mr Rice, the driver of the car

I assume you have a bio on the protestors? Any arrests? Domestic violence? Menacing?
 
These two links show more of what happened. It looks like the guy got tired of waiting decided that people would move out of the way of a moving car. Then was attacked, he panicked when the rioters started trashing his car. BTW notice the anarchist flag with the black bloc hoody holder? No this isnt just protesting over what some people view as injustice. This is a continuation of the occupy movement. These leftist will become more and more violent as time goes by. Just wait.


LiveLeak.com - Dramatic Video: Protesters Hit by Vehicle During Ferguson Rally in South Mpls.

Ferguson riot: Shocking footage shows car ploughing into protesters and dragging woman under its wheels - Mirror Online
 
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The footage is neither shocking nor dramatic. The media needs a new vocabulary.

Still no update to the story. The driver hasn't been arrested yet so far as I can tell.

I wouldnt call it shocking but it is dramatic. I mean the guy with the flag attacking the car then the girl getting ran over (why didnt she move?). The actual drama was when a protester jump on the car and started hitting the windshield. Shouldnt be too hard for the driver to show that he feared for his life. There is video from just about all angles.

IMO though he should have backed up and seeked a different route. Going forward seemed kind of stupid. It isnt hard to turn around and drive a car around a block. ANd that is probably why they have listed the guy as a suspect now. Police: Man who Drove into Mpls. Protesters Considered a Suspect | KSTP TV - Minneapolis and St. Paul

"Video from KSTP's CHOPPER 5 showed protesters, who were in the middle of the street, pounding on his windows and windshield. A few jumped on the hood of the car.
The man's vehicle was damaged by a large group of people, according to the report, released by Minneapolis police. "While he was attempting to flee from the mob, he struck a pedestrian."
A 16-year-old girl suffered minor injuries after she got caught under the car and was dragged at a low rate of speed.
The man drove away from the intersection. Police eventually caught up with him and questioned him. No charges have been filed and the man was not taken into custody. Police say he is a suspect in the case.
The Minneapolis Police Department Traffic Unit is actively investigating. Police are asking any injured people or witnesses to call the Traffic Investigations Unit"
 
People swarming and beating on a car and windows like a zombie horde... Yes, I'm sure like most violently acting mobs, they just wanted to talk.

They weren't doing that until AFTER he hit someone. After...it's an important fact.
 
No it does not. It shows he wanted to go through or turn right. He pulls up and gets close probably expecting them to part. They do not and kinda converge on his car probably because he is still rolling and possibly even bumping those that are very close. He is NOT plowing into anybody. At that point we have zero idea what happened AT the car. Did somebody throw something at his car? Was his window down as it is hard to tell. He then accelerates running into people and the attack is on.

Wrong. The video shows you are wrong
 
A crowd leaving a stadium that was "crossing the street to leave" is analogous to a protest crowd taking over an intersection and "not leaving"? Seriously? That is how your logic works?

I'd consider using your vehicle as a weapon unacceptable in either situation.

I wonder, what if someone in the protest was armed? Would you consider it "fearing for their life?"
 


At the beginning of the video above, you can see the car, which no one is attacking, pull out from behind another, pass it on the right (illegal) and then plow into the crowd before it comes to a stop. It is only then that the protesters start hitting the car.

I really don't think passing a car like that is illegal. Remove the protesters and just have a distracted driver or a stalled car, a car behind it can pass on the right because the passed car isn't moving at all. What you're referring to regards two cars both moving.

And "plow" is a sexual reference outside of farming.
 
I'd consider using your vehicle as a weapon unacceptable in either situation.

I wonder, what if someone in the protest was armed? Would you consider it "fearing for their life?"
What makes you think non of them were armed?
 
There is no record of any of the protesters who were hit by the driver having any criminal record, AFAIK.
Everyone in the intersection was blocking traffic, a crime. Where are your bios on them?
 
...but you're shrieking like a hysterical Jewish mother.
Can the gas chambers and ovens be far behind? I suppose anti Semitism is back in vogue. Anti Semitic president. Anti Semitic followers. It fits. Thanks for bringing it to our attention.
 
So, better for him not to get attacked so it's best for him to run over a bunch of people in his way:roll:
Imagine that! We agree. It is best for the driver to resolve his dangerous situation as best he can before he is assaulted.
 
Passing on the right is illegal. AFAIK, there is no "I'm in a hurry" exception
It's a lane change, not a pass, because it happened on the same side of the yellow line.

A pass is on two-lane road with traffic moving in both directions, where you cross a yellow line onto the other side of the road into the lane for oncoming traffic. A lane change is when you cross a white line and move to lane for traffic moving in the same direction. If you stay in lanes for the same direction of traffic then it's not a pass, it's a lane change, and that's why the driver wasn't cited with a moving violation for going around the car before entering the crowd.

Passing on the right, aka "cowboy passing", is when you cross a white line and go off the road to pass someone.

See pages 23 & 29: https://dps.mn.gov/divisions/dvs/forms-documents/Documents/Minnesota_Drivers_Manual.pdf
 
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AFAIK, jaywalking is not a crime and one crime does not negate another.
It's a misdemeanor, actually:
https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/?id=169.21
Subd. 3.Crossing between intersections.
(a) Every pedestrian crossing a roadway at any point other than within a marked crosswalk or at an intersection with no marked crosswalk shall yield the right-of-way to all vehicles upon the roadway.
(b) Any pedestrian crossing a roadway at a point where a pedestrian tunnel or overhead pedestrian crossing has been provided shall yield the right-of-way to all vehicles upon the roadway.

It's an additional crime to deliberately obstruct public right-of way, roads, or public access with a protest: http://www.aclu-mn.org/files/9313/2872/2629/ProtestRights.pdf
 
So what? He didn't hit anybody initially. He is in a car. He is in the road. They are milling about trying to block traffic. He SLOWLY tried to move through and then they decided to attack him. Why you would defend these scum bags is beyond me... but maybe you are somebody who would protest in the street and condone attacking innocent people as they tried to go about their day. *shrugs*

When I see a crowd of people in the street, I don't try to drive through them. To do so would be foolish.
 
A crowd leaving a stadium that was "crossing the street to leave" is analogous to a protest crowd taking over an intersection and "not leaving"? Seriously? That is how your logic works?

Not really. Both crowds of people blocked an intersection. We sat there for awile before a cop came. It happens. I'm not going to risk someone's life because I feel inconvenienced.
 
Seems that one woman was treated for minor injuries. If it was intentional, he didn't do a very good job. I'm guessing it was an Asia behind the wheel. No real interest in the Michael Brown case. Then again, most of the protesters really don't care about Michael Brown either.

we had mainly a peaceful well ordered protest in front of the federal courthouse in Cincinnati that also protested the slaying of the guy up towards Dayton who had an air gun at a K-Mart and a white drunk girl who was shot to death by a cop who claimed she tried to run him over with her car. Of course a bunch of asssholes then tried to block I-75 and were arrested-one of my friend's sons-driving home for the USNA in Baltimore took an extra 90 minutes to get home because of those assholes. The funniest was watching one of those rebels without a clue whining that they were going to be locked up over Thanksgiving. Now, if some trucker had plowed through those scum, I don't think the nation would have lost anything
 
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