Tony Stewart decision at 3pm Eastern

"Just wear your damn mask..." (jimal) 09/24/2014 at 14:30 • Filed to: Tony Stewart

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Ontario County (NY) officials have scheduled a press conference to go over the findings of the grand jury that was convened to look into the death of Kevin Ward, Jr. at Canandaigua Motorsports Park on August 9th. TMZ is reporting that Tony Stewart will be cleared of all charges.

GhostZ > Just wear your damn mask... 09/24/2014 at 14:33

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"Officials have determined that Tony Stewart is cleared of all charges, but is still an immature douchenozzle."

Just wear your damn mask... > GhostZ 09/24/2014 at 14:35

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Douchenozzlery ain't a crime.

Rainbow > Just wear your damn mask... 09/24/2014 at 14:36

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He deserves manslaughter, but I doubt he'll get anything... (And before anyone tries to disagree, remember that Ward wasn't violating any rules or laws by leaving his car. Sure, that was dumb, but legally it doesn't give him any of the blame.)

Just wear your damn mask... > Rainbow 09/24/2014 at 14:48

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I read an interesting take on the incident just a little while ago:

"The real story here was Kevin Ward Jr was not a rookie. He had been driving 360 winged sprint cars for four years. He had four victories to his credit in that time. He had history of being volatile and had been warned previously about exiting a vehicle on to a live track. Ward was a second generation racer who had been around the sport since he was four. His knowledge and experience should have kept him in the minimally damaged car. The rule book said he should have stayed in the car, but he made a different choice and that choice cost him his life and forever changed the life of Tony Stewart."

http://reddirtclay.com/2014/09/23/sta…

Ward effectively committed suicide.

Rainbow > Just wear your damn mask... 09/24/2014 at 14:52

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Okay, calling it suicide is definitely taking this way too fucking far. I see what you're saying here, but suicide is a totally different thing.

Just wear your damn mask... > Rainbow 09/24/2014 at 14:56

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Okay, he killed himself. Like any of those people you read about winning a Darwin Award; they died because of their own stupidity, not because of something anyone else did.

GhostZ > Rainbow 09/24/2014 at 15:29

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There is such a thing as unintentional suicide, sometimes negligent or accidental suicide, when someone does something dangerous without the intent to dying, but puts themselves in such a dangerous position that dying would, knowingly, be a very likely possibility. The argument is that Kevin Ward is knowledgeable enough about the dangers that his actions would classify this as such.