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killing with impunity

2025-03-14 22:32:25.078892+01 by Dan Lyke 0 comments

Fixing this means huge social change: After crash kills Washington Middle School student, parents seek answers

Investigators said a 51-year-old woman failed to place her GMC Acadia in park and got out of the SUV, which rolled about 75 yards downhill and struck Arsema shortly before 12:30 p.m. Police have not publicly identified and did not arrest the woman, who two drug recognition experts determined was not impaired.</blockuote>

It's not like punishment changes things, it's a good bet that woman won't ever leave a car out of "park" again. But we have a culture that encourages casual automobile use in a way that every one of us could see making the same mistake.

On the other hand, dismissing this as "an accident" does nothing to change the culture so that we start taking responsibility for wielding deadly weapons in our neighborhoods.

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