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Do Not, Lest Ye Be
So last year, around late July, a car drove onto the sidewalk of the Cliquot Club, where I work. The driver had apparently passed out and lost control of her vehicle, plowing through all of our patio sitting. Twelve people were injured. One person was killed.
You can read about it here:
http://www.startribune.com/local/11556836.html
Sadly, she was a regular customer.
Even more so, was that there was no discernable cause for her loss of consciousness. Toxicology showed she had not been drinking or on drugs. Medical examinations found no cause. In the wake of this evidence, 8 months later, the city attorney has found that there is no reason to press charges against her.
There are lots of conjectures out there as to why she might have lost control. She was taking Lunesta at the time. She is a regular drinker. But none of this is conclusive.
So. Should she have been charged?
She was not even issued a traffic citation. She killed a person and still has a clean driving record.
A Black man had a similar incident in north Minneapolis, killing a young girl. He will be in prison for eight years.
However, is the relative punishment of others a reason to convict others guilty of similar crimes? She is presumably clean, at least in conscience. Perhaps the guilt will be enough of a punishment.
But she came in yesterday for a decaf coffee.
**BUH?**
Shit is real, brah.
-kansas kevin.
You can read about it here:
http://www.startribune.com/local/11556836.html
Sadly, she was a regular customer.
Even more so, was that there was no discernable cause for her loss of consciousness. Toxicology showed she had not been drinking or on drugs. Medical examinations found no cause. In the wake of this evidence, 8 months later, the city attorney has found that there is no reason to press charges against her.
There are lots of conjectures out there as to why she might have lost control. She was taking Lunesta at the time. She is a regular drinker. But none of this is conclusive.
So. Should she have been charged?
She was not even issued a traffic citation. She killed a person and still has a clean driving record.
A Black man had a similar incident in north Minneapolis, killing a young girl. He will be in prison for eight years.
However, is the relative punishment of others a reason to convict others guilty of similar crimes? She is presumably clean, at least in conscience. Perhaps the guilt will be enough of a punishment.
But she came in yesterday for a decaf coffee.
**BUH?**
Shit is real, brah.
-kansas kevin.
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