Officer doing 91mph in 55mph, not charged in fatal crash

"Chteelers" (chteelers)
02/19/2016 at 09:19 • Filed to: None

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DISCUSSION (31)

Echo51 > Chteelers
02/19/2016 at 09:26

So this video shows nothing crash-wise, the one in the article fades out before the hit. WHY EVEN BOTHER WITH A VIDEO THIS.

yitznewton > Echo51
02/19/2016 at 09:37

Can you scan through the dailymail video? It’s like two minutes before the hit and I couldn’t go back to freeze frame on what happened. There was some kind of blind crossing? Terrible place for that.

iSureWilll > Chteelers
02/19/2016 at 09:39

That blows. I got clocked at 123 in a 55 on my bike 10 years ago when there was literally NO traffic on the highway and get arrested. This guy goes 40 over and kills somebody and doesn't even get charged?

Echo51 > yitznewton
02/19/2016 at 09:41

It’s at the very end, seemingly bad visiblity intersection/crossing.

scoob > Chteelers
02/19/2016 at 09:46

Meanwhile in NY, the one officer with a “foreign” name, who somehow accidentally killed somebody, does get charged and convicted.

JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t > Chteelers
02/19/2016 at 09:51

OK, I’m gonna be that guy:

Sure, this was awful, anyone who wasn’t a Cop would be facing atleast vehicular manslaughter charges for this. He was 40 MPH over the speed limit in an area with multiple cross-roads. Failure to yeild is a civil violation, in most places 40 over can land you “reckless endangerment” which is at minimum a misdemeanor and depending could be elevated to felony status with the right prosecution/wrong situation... getting off for being a cop :p

BUT (and here’s where I become that guy)

are those names for real?

Isabella Chinchilla? Sounds like a porn name FFS. and she’s referenced in the article as both 16 and 18?

and then,

Kylie Lindsey... Never trust someone with two first names. especially a 17 year-old girl...

yitznewton > Chteelers
02/19/2016 at 09:52

This is apparently the scene:

Kinja'd!!!

https://www.google.com/maps/@33.66616…

yitznewton > Chteelers
02/19/2016 at 09:56

At 1:45

http://www.cbs46.com/clip/12225659/…

V8Demon - Prefers Autos for drag racing. Fite me! > Chteelers
02/19/2016 at 10:03

The article states that at the instance of impact, the Charger was traveling 68 MPH. The higher speed prior to impact most likely increased the distance traveled while attempting to avoid the collision. Perhaps due to the video and any type of accident reconstruction/forensic analysis it was deemed that even if the Charger was traveling at the speed limit, the collision may have been unavoidable due to the action of the other car prior to the event.

If he’s doing 55 then brakes, maybe the impact is at 30 instead of 68 though. Less energy transmitted; F=MA and whatnot....

Regardless, shit situation

Chteelers > V8Demon - Prefers Autos for drag racing. Fite me!
02/19/2016 at 10:07

Dude. He’s going 91, then brakes just before hitting the car, reducing his speed. Doesn’t change the fact that he’s going nearly twice the speed limit on a dark road. Plus he is just cresting the hill where the teens car was sitting. You can’t even see the turning car until it’s directly in front of the officer. No way they saw the cop coming, and even if they did, they wouldn’t have expected him traveling so fast. Add to this that speed is very difficult to judge at night.

V8Demon - Prefers Autos for drag racing. Fite me! > Chteelers
02/19/2016 at 10:10

You did read my second paragraph, yes? It basically stated your point...

Chteelers > Echo51
02/19/2016 at 10:11

Do you really need to see the moment of impact? This video shows the cop clearly breaking the law for several minutes before causing a multiple fatal accident. Officer should be convicted of 2 counts of voluntary manslaughter. Instead, not even a trial.

Chteelers > JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t
02/19/2016 at 10:12

Rural Georgia. I’m surprised the names weren’t more weird.

Chteelers > yitznewton
02/19/2016 at 10:12

Good find.

Chteelers > iSureWilll
02/19/2016 at 10:13

I’m assuming you weren’t wearing your cop uniform when you were charged?

Chteelers > V8Demon - Prefers Autos for drag racing. Fite me!
02/19/2016 at 10:15

Yes, and I agree with your point. But I’m frustrated that the jury said he was going 68 at moment of impact, so therefore not really speeding that bad. They should have considered the dashcam evidence of 91mph as the offending speed, not 68.

iSureWilll > Chteelers
02/19/2016 at 10:17

Unfortunately no I wasn’t. Should’ve stopped at the store on my way home I guess.

Chteelers > scoob
02/19/2016 at 10:18

I don’t think the situations are related. I’m assuming you’re talking about the guy who accidentally shot a guy in a darkened hallway. Totally different situations. However, I agree with your general point that the outcomes should have been different in both cases. Accidental shooting guy should have been exonerated, and this cop who was willingly breaking the law should be thrown in jail forever.

Urambo Tauro > Chteelers
02/19/2016 at 11:09

It looks like the crossing driver could not see the officer until the patrol car crested the hill. I imagine that from her point of view, the way was clear. Had the officer been driving at a legal speed, she probably would have cleared the intersection.

This is why speeding forfeits right-of-way in my area. Not sure about Georgia...

scoob > Chteelers
02/19/2016 at 11:10

Yeah sorry, I didn’t mean they were related. I don’t know if he should’ve been exonerated because I didn’t really pay attention to that case (all I can tell is he had terrible training, couldn’t even do CPR), but what I meant was how come every other cop who killed somebody who didn’t need to be killed had no punishment at all? It’s ridiculous.

Chteelers > Urambo Tauro
02/19/2016 at 11:28

You get it. This is exactly my point. Also, just to be clear. The girls that were killed were in the back seat. The driver and front passenger were both boys.

Brian Silvestro > Chteelers
02/19/2016 at 11:34

yes

Tohru > Chteelers
02/19/2016 at 11:40

Doing 91mph, not on an emergency call, with no lights or sirens on, and after hitting the brakes creams the Sentra at 68mph.

“I pray every day this is just a dream, but it isn’t — and I’m going to have to live with it,” said Scott, who was fired after the incident and now has a seat on the Buchanan City Council.

Glad to see you failed upwards, fuckbucket. You at least get to live with your actions, unlike the two teenagers you turned into strawberry jam.

What kind of connections do you think he has that he got off scot-free? Or the over/under on how many people he had to fellate?

Urambo Tauro > Chteelers
02/19/2016 at 11:46

Oh, I missed that; thanks.

Yeah, if you can’t see the car until it’s that close, speed matters more than the traditional right-of-way here.

I don’t know if that hill had a lower advisory speed or a “hill obstructs view” sign, but at any rate the officer showed poor judgement. Even when emergency vehicles override right-of-way in the line of duty (not the case here), their drivers know that you still need to give other road-users time to react and yield.

Urambo Tauro > Tohru
02/19/2016 at 11:54

As for Scott, he said he probably won’t go back into law enforcement, but that he wants to make the intersection where the crash occurred a safer place.

‘[I want to work towards] getting that intersection changed,’ Scott said.

How so? That’s a 55mph highway. Stop signs? Traffic signal?

What really needs to change is this guy’s driving habits.

Tohru > Urambo Tauro
02/19/2016 at 11:59

They’ll probably just block the median off and be done with it.

Urambo Tauro > Tohru
02/19/2016 at 12:04

That would help.

But it wouldn’t address the source of the problem.

Tohru > Urambo Tauro
02/19/2016 at 12:09

What would address the source of the problem is a lengthy jail sentence. Or to be super-edgy, a hollow-point.

Echo51 > Chteelers
02/19/2016 at 12:17

“footage shows moment speeding Georgia cop slammed into car”
So yes, i expect them to not LIE and waste 2 minutes on broken promises. Ofcourse he should be convicted, so should the editior of said article.

Chteelers > Echo51
02/19/2016 at 13:50

Two girls were killed. There’s no reason to show the actual impact. If you want to watch snuff go to liveleak. The point of this video is to prove how at-fault the cop was.

Chteelers > Tohru
02/19/2016 at 13:53

Seriously. How does he get a job on the city council? Two young lives are gone due to this a-hole.