Obeying the law can get you killed in Detroit

[philip964]

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A boy stepped off the curb directly into the path of an on coming pick up truck. The boy was struck and injured. The pickup truck driver stopped and attempted to render aid, as I assume the law in Michigan requires and as any decent person would do. An angry mob almost beat him to death, he is in critical condition.

Police ruled that driver was not in the wrong and did not have enough time to stop to avoid hitting the boy.

The driver was from the suburbs.

You kind of wonder why Detroit just doesn't implode.

[rotor]

Detroit hasn't imploded? Only place I have ever been to that was about as bad was East St. Louis.

[jmra]

There are many places in the US I want to visit. Detroit is not one of them.

[Jumping Frog]

One of the few large cities where I have read the police chief making statements like law abiding citizens should arm themselves, and he is hopeful the bad guys learn to fear armed citizens.

As an homage to Clint Eastwood, "Well, if he wanted to drive in Detroit, he should have armed himself."

[anygunanywhere]

One of the few large cities where I have read the police chief making statements like law abiding citizens should arm themselves, and he is hopeful the bad guys learn to fear armed citizens.

As an homage to Clint Eastwood, "Well, if he wanted to drive in Detroit, he should have armed himself."

Detroit is a bad place, but having travelled extensively across the country including Detroit, I know there are many areas where this can happen.

Do you think this will be categorized and prosecuted as a hate crime?

Anygunanywhere

[mojo84]

If I ever feel a really strong nagging desire to visit a third world country, I might consider going to Detroit.

[philip964]

http://detroit.cbslocal.com/2014/04/04/ ... ate-crime/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Beating may be a hate crime.

[The Annoyed Man]

http://news.yahoo.com/motorist-struck-b ... 13112.html

A boy stepped off the curb directly into the path of an on coming pick up truck. The boy was struck and injured. The pickup truck driver stopped and attempted to render aid, as I assume the law in Michigan requires and as any decent person would do. An angry mob almost beat him to death, he is in critical condition.

Police ruled that driver was not in the wrong and did not have enough time to stop to avoid hitting the boy.

The driver was from the suburbs.

You kind of wonder why Detroit just doesn't implode.

It already has imploded. What we're seeing now is the fallout.

[Dragonfighter]

There is a documentary on Netflix called Burn, that follows a firehouse crew for a year. It was eye opening and depressing to see the state of Detroit AND there management of emergency services, not that they didn't bring it on themselves by electing the crooks that have been in office for decades.

[johncanfield]

http://detroit.cbslocal.com/2014/04/04/ ... ate-crime/

Beating may be a hate crime.

Not as long as Holder is still the AG - it's only a hate crime if it's white on black.

This situation reminds me of the many doomsday or the "day after" movies where all of society has completely broken down and the strongest and most clever manage to survive by preying off the weaker and dumber.

[cb1000rider]

Was this perhaps a race issue? The article doesn't detail...
Mob mentality is bad... Especially when you've got a lot of people with nothing better to do.

[Pawpaw]

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[Cedar Park Dad]

http://news.yahoo.com/motorist-struck-b ... 13112.html

A boy stepped off the curb directly into the path of an on coming pick up truck. The boy was struck and injured. The pickup truck driver stopped and attempted to render aid, as I assume the law in Michigan requires and as any decent person would do. An angry mob almost beat him to death, he is in critical condition.

Police ruled that driver was not in the wrong and did not have enough time to stop to avoid hitting the boy.

The driver was from the suburbs.

You kind of wonder why Detroit just doesn't implode.

If a driver killed a boy on my street I'm pretty sure the exact same thing would happen. Thats not Detroit. thats human nature.

[SQLGeek]

[quote="Cedar Park Dad"]


If a driver killed a boy on my street I'm pretty sure the exact same thing would happen.

But that's not what happened, the boy is fine. And truthfully, I don't think that would happen in my area.

[mojo84]

http://news.yahoo.com/motorist-struck-b ... 13112.html

A boy stepped off the curb directly into the path of an on coming pick up truck. The boy was struck and injured. The pickup truck driver stopped and attempted to render aid, as I assume the law in Michigan requires and as any decent person would do. An angry mob almost beat him to death, he is in critical condition.

Police ruled that driver was not in the wrong and did not have enough time to stop to avoid hitting the boy.

The driver was from the suburbs.

You kind of wonder why Detroit just doesn't implode.

If a driver killed a boy on my street I'm pretty sure the exact same thing would happen. Thats not Detroit. thats human nature.

The boy wasn't killed. It wasn't the driver's fault according to the chief. No it is not human nature to mob up and beat someone like that over an accident.