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Man arrested for driving through protest crowd

He probably thought it was a BLM demonstration.
 
Becoming far too common a tactic for people to use their vehicles to run down protesters.

Thankfully it seems that no one was hurt and the suspect was captured. He can now face the full force of law and should be prosecuted to the highest degree. Using violence like this against the free exercise of assembly and protest cannot be allowed to stand.
 
Cordova has been charged with seven counts of attempted first-degree assault, seven counts of felony menacing, and reckless driving.
 
Hope he spends many years in jail if found guilty of these charges
 
swing_voter said:
He probably thought it was a BLM demonstration.
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I'd imagine he did know that he was plowing into a pro-police rally because of the signs they were carrying.
Is it hard for you to believe that there's a lot of police hate?
 
Ikari said:
Becoming far too common a tactic for people to use their vehicles to run down protesters.

Thankfully it seems that no one was hurt and the suspect was captured. He can now face the full force of law and should be prosecuted to the highest degree. Using violence like this against the free exercise of assembly and protest cannot be allowed to stand.
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Figures you'd support the asswipes blocking streets and harassing motorists and not the poor guy just trying to get somewhere in his car.
Disgusting.
 
Ikari said:
Becoming far too common a tactic for people to use their vehicles to run down protesters.

Thankfully it seems that no one was hurt and the suspect was captured. He can now face the full force of law and should be prosecuted to the highest degree. Using violence like this against the free exercise of assembly and protest cannot be allowed to stand.
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These protesters weren't in the road. Apples and oranges.
 
swing_voter said:
Cordova has been charged with seven counts of attempted first-degree assault, seven counts of felony menacing, and reckless driving.
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Attempted murder would be more appropriate.
 
apdst said:
These protesters weren't in the road. Apples and oranges.
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I don't necessarily care where people are, using a car as a weapon cannot be condoned. I'm happy that no one was hurt here and the suspect is in custody.
 
Irredentist said:
A blue lives matter rally? What kind of nonsense is that? Were they born blue? No, it's a blue uniform. Don't like it, take it off.
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The people wearing those uniforms are the only thing standing between you and the Wild West. You know that. Right?

Who do you think is going to enforce your communist agenda? There'll have to be cops to confiscate the guns from the citizenry.
 
apdst said:
The people wearing those uniforms are the only thing standing between you and the Wild West. You know that. Right?

Who do you think is going to enforce your communist agenda? There'll have to be cops to confiscate the guns from the citizenry.
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Oh, wouldn't you like that? If we arm ourselves for protection I'm sure we'll get by just fine without the police.
 
Irredentist said:
Oh, wouldn't you like that? If we arm ourselves for protection I'm sure we'll get by just fine without the police.
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Not really. The police are necessary. It can be argued that we need proper reform, that we shouldn't militarize our police as much as we have, that they should be taught better deescalation techniques and be given better less-than-lethal tools in order to better preserve life, that the police need to reconnect with the communities and People they police. But you can't get rid of the police, not without replacing them with something that's pretty much the same thing. Anarchy doesn't work.
 
Ikari said:
I don't necessarily care where people are, using a car as a weapon cannot be condoned. I'm happy that no one was hurt here and the suspect is in custody.
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Driving down a road isn't using a car as a weapon. That's where cars legally belong. Protest, illegally blocking the road aren't where they belong and are obviously a direct threat to the motorists.
 
apdst said:
Driving down a road isn't using a car as a weapon. That's where cars legally belong. Protest, illegally blocking the road aren't where they belong and are obviously a direct threat to the motorists.
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Intentionally hitting a person with a car is using a car as a weapon, it doesn’t matter where they were standing. Being in the road doesn’t make someone automatically a threat.
 
apdst said:
Driving down a road isn't using a car as a weapon. That's where cars legally belong. Protest, illegally blocking the road aren't where they belong and are obviously a direct threat to the motorists.
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It's not license to run folk over. If protesters take over interstates and highways, then the police need to clear those roads. But you don't get to run over folk because they're there.
 
Ikari said:
Not really. The police are necessary. It can be argued that we need proper reform, that we shouldn't militarize our police as much as we have, that they should be taught better deescalation techniques and be given better less-than-lethal tools in order to better preserve life, that the police need to reconnect with the communities and People they police. But you can't get rid of the police, not without replacing them with something that's pretty much the same thing. Anarchy doesn't work.
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I'm not necessarily in favor of eliminating the police. But I'm not necessarily not in favor of it either. I ask, that if the second amendment genuinely enables us to defend ourselves effectively, what need have we of the police? Ought we not to police ourselves?
 
Irredentist said:
Oh, wouldn't you like that? If we arm ourselves for protection I'm sure we'll get by just fine without the police.
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No, I wouldn't like that, but I'll be ok, probably. You folks on the Left? You're probably ****ed, judging from what we've seen over the past few months when Leftists have been left to their own devices.
 
Ikari said:
It's not license to run folk over. If protesters take over interstates and highways, then the police need to clear those roads. But you don't get to run over folk because they're there.
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Self defense is a human right.
 
Irredentist said:
I'm not necessarily in favor of eliminating the police. But I'm not necessarily not in favor of it either. I ask, that if the second amendment genuinely enables us to defend ourselves effectively, what need have we of the police? Ought we not to police ourselves?
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If everyone were a rational actor, that would be fine. But irrational behavior exists on all sides, so it mostly throws a wrench into things. Vigilantism doesn't often produce the best or most desired results. A free state requires a small, accountable, but existent government. We have the police and the courts so that we can make sure when someone has committed a crime that its investigated properly and evidence to that crime presented fairly and judged by a jury of our peers.

Guns may aid the individual in moments of crisis, but anarchy and vigilantism is no replacement for tempered laws and justice.
 
apdst said:
Self defense is a human right.
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Yes, so when someone tries to run over someone with a car, they have the right to defend themselves, yes?
 
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