Protest over ending poverty cycle results in 14 arrests downtown

[KellyinAvon]

How many of you remember Reginald Denny?

 

[actaeon277]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Willson

An approaching train did not stop, and struck the veterans. Willson was hit, ultimately losing both legs below the knee while suffering a severe skull fracture with loss of his right frontal lobe

The train crew filed a lawsuit against Willson, requesting punitive damages for the "humiliation, mental anguish, and physical stress" they suffered as a result of the incident, which was dismissed. U.S. District Judge Robert Peckham said Willson did not plan to cause the railroad workers any distress, because he assumed the train would stop before hitting him

 

[IndyTom]

I would think that if you shoot someone, it's gonna definitely be looked at as you trying to kill them.

If you push slowly forward at 5 mph though a mob that has set upon your vehicle with violent intent, whose fault is it when one of them meshes with the tread?
I think that any reasonable person would conclude that you were in fear, but were not trying to kill anyone if moving slowly but steadily away from the crowd in your vehicle.

Screeching away at full throttle while flipping the bird and laughing probably isn't the best idea though.

Makes sense . . . (writes down a note to self).

 

[KMaC]

Mr. Wilson won a $902,000 award from the government for standing in front of a train because he was sure it would stop. I really don't know which is crazier, standing in front of a train or settling the suit with a guy who would stand in front of a train and blame others when it hits him.

 

[actaeon277]

Both are F'd up.

Some probably voted for it, because "that poor man. Well, the Navy has money. Give some to that poor man."