• Sharkticon@lemmy.zip
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    3 days ago

    Well the cop did literally jump in front of him. So if the lawyer is any good at all I imagine he can probably get a little leeway.

    • eyesaremosaics@lemmy.zip
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      3 days ago

      The cop was visible on the road for several seconds before the collision, he did not jump in front

    • GreenKnight23@lemmy.world
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      3 days ago

      the cop was attempting to get back from the motorcycles raging through. he was also wearing high-vis PPE.

      furthermore, the ATV rider attempted to continue to flee until the officer pulled them off the vehicle.

      ACAB but that doesn’t mean lawlessness is better.

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        2 days ago

        He ran onto a street with high traffic, he didn’t have to do that and put himself at risk.

        Continuing to flee is also not provable because there’s a FUCKING COP ON YOUR STEERING WHEEL.

    • corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca
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      3 days ago

      If by “leeway”, you mean “additional charges for driving without due care and attention”, because he wasn’t able to stop in a 40kmph zone when something had been in view for 10 seconds, and seemed to be going so fast that he carried on for 50 feet after running down the emergency worker, then you’d be right!

      Lets all hope he gets all the leeway he can.

      • phx@lemmy.world
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        3 days ago

        But “he’s a kid man, a kid”

        Like holy crap I wish somebody would smack the guy recording upside the head

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      3 days ago

      He was in that lane for like 30s. You might get away with that argument with a two wheeler.

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        3 days ago

        Nope. The highway code states pedestrians always have right of way and other road users must be prepared to stop for them.

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        3 days ago

        You might want to look again. At about second 22 of the video you’ll notice he literally jumps to the right to put himself in front of the ATV.