A man was dragged from his car by enraged bystanders and shot after he plowed a vehicle into a crowd in Los Angeles, leaving seven people critically injured and at least 23 others hurt outside a nightclub early Saturday morning, police said.
Cameras in the area are still being canvassed, but the incident appears to have been intentional, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.
Two law enforcement sources familiar with the situation said the suspect was kicked out of the venue for being intoxicated and disruptive.
You also don’t have to shoot bad people in the back who are already overpowered, beaten up and pinned down by other people. It does not sound like this was a justified self-defense shooting, and I wouldn’t want a trigger happy gun owner like that on the loose in my neighborhood.
Law enforcement has created an environment where people don’t trust The System. It shouldn’t be surprising when people when people take justice into their own hands.
This
I don’t think pulling someone from a car and shooting them is justice
Maybe not, but this is the LAPD. They aren’t exactly known for being shining beacons of justice either.
i do
I would say death is him getting off easy, rotting in prison for eternity would be preferable.
But you take what you can get
People don’t “rot” in US prisons. For the right person it could be hell, but for most people, they just kinda get used to it over time and return to their base level of happiness. It’s not a great place to be but most people would prefer it over death.
Gee, it almost makes a person feel sorry for the guy who plowed his car into a crowd of 30 people, (edit: nearly) killing several…
/s
It’s possible for both of those people to have done something bad.
Sure, but I object to portraying the person who plowed a car into a crowd of people as any kind of victim.
It is also possible for someone who has done something bad to be the victim of something else that is bad.
It’s also possible that frogs can live on the moon.
But neither of those things are what happened here
I never said that the perpetrator is a victim! I said, I would not want the guy who shoots someone who is already pinned down and no longer a threat in revenge to own a gun.
It’s happened time and time again that crowds identified and attacked the wrong person in the immediate aftermath of such attacks.
If he is no longer a threat let law enforcement take over and don’t play judge and executioner - that is all I am saying.
Because if there is anything we can say with 100% certainty these days it’s that our justice system definitely holds folks accountable who deserve it.
/s
Yes we’ve all seen how trustworthy law enforcement is of late, so, naturally.
You’re literally victimizing them in your portrayal
If that’s what you got from my statement you need to seriously work on your reading comprehension.
“I can’t make a good argument, so I’ll blame everyone else”
If you don’t even know what you’re saying, then it’s not my reading comprehension that’s the problem.
Lmao
Sorry floop you’re wrong on this one, go read it again
As of now, none of them have died.
Oh, I misread the headline. That’s good news. I edited my comment.
It’s not a choice I’d make, but I’m not going to feel bad for the guy who got shot, or worry about the shooter overmuch. Like the dude will probably get caught and prosecuted but if they investigated, found no history of violence, and decided not to prosecute (unlikely), I’d shrug and not give it a second thought.
I never said I feed bad for they guy who got shot, he obviously did a despicable act and deserves everything the law has coming for him and using deadly force to stop him was also justified. What is not justified is using deadly force in revenge when the situation is already under control, that’s lawless behavior and I don’t want anyone who thinks they can randomly decide to play judge and executioner to own a gun, sorry.
For sure. I didn’t downvote. Was just trying to stake a nuanced position.
Why, are you planning on ramming a car into dozens of people?
Besides, we’ve seen that taking the high road doesn’t work.
You do have a point there, but it remains to be seen what the chain of events is. All the police have released is that he was shot after leaving the vehicle, it could have been after he was on the ground or it could have been right away, after the driver showed his own weapon.
Even after we find out all of that, the local DA would have to decide whether he could convince 12 people on a local jury that the guy was somehow negligent. I bet any defense attorney would be able to plant enough doubt in any jury’s mind to get the guy off.
Yeah, the police are going to want to find the guy and talk to him, but I doubt he faces any charges unless some obvious new fact comes out that changes the story dramatically.
Yes exactly. There’s a complete difference between mob justice and say, driver waving weapon screaming “I’ll kill you all”
from the story:
The guy just tried to kill a dozen people in a drunken rage and you think he should get a pass because the crowd caught him?
Fucker is lucky he wasn’t physically pulled into pieces.
A bullet hole is the least of his worries right now.
Yeah, he’s gonna have to switch bars.
This is my take. Until we know more, all we know is that the dude intentionally ran his 4000lb death missile into a crowd. Him getting shot is less serious than what he tried to do.
Yeah, you’re absolutely right. But most lemmykins (like maga) will readily abandon all their principles if somebody they don’t like gets hurt. Hence your down votes.
Strict gun control is more of a liberal ideology and Lemmy leans pretty far left.
They’re literally cheering for a guy who shot somebody…
Personally, not cheering for it, but I can’t muster any more sympathy than a shrug. The more and more I see how broken the justice system is, the less concerned I am about mob “justice”.
You didn’t have to be personally sympathetic to still want the right thing to be done.
As I said - principles abandoned. I have zero faith in lawlessness.
Oh I’d absolutely fucking love for everyone to face a fair trial and get a just punishment for their wrongdoings. However, I also understand that that’s just never going to happen, and when someone receives some clearly deserved violence, it won’t upset me. I’d rather have luigi than nothing.
So just lawless MAGA shooting up the place to get revenge is “fine”. Gotcha.
Nice logical fallacy there.
I’ve never wished death upon anybody, but I have read some obituaries with great pleasure.
Right…but what does that have to do with abandoning principles?
My point is that there is no uniform set of principles, and that crude forms of justice might not inherently conflict with their principles.
So they just have no principles. Interesting defense.
Or just principles that are different from your own ethical construct. I’m no more defending the gunman than you are defending the driver, I’m just correcting your critique.
In my personal opinion it’s not something I would condone, I’m also not going to lose any sleep over it. Tbh I don’t know how violent I would feel if some drunk loser ran over any of my loved ones, and I don’t think you really know either despite all your moral grandstanding.
I’m not saying people “should feel bad” about it I’m saying they shouldn’t be advocating for lawless action just because they’re angry.
And as it happens - I have a very good idea of what it would feel like. You don’t know me.
Interesting rephrasing considering I already said “In my personal opinion it’s not something I would condone”…
I’m sure you know exactly how it feels to have your friends/family deliberately attacked in a mass casualty event by a drunk driver at a festival…
Again, your feelings and opinions are just that… opinions. Your opinions are not more morally or ethically superior to anyone’s else’s just because you believe in them. Laws do not dictate morality or reality and are just as flawed as any other social construct.
If you go far enough left, you get your guns back.
My principles include finishing violence others start against me and mine. Being a pushover bitch isn’t a principle.
“Don’t tread on me” eh?
Appreciate you speaking up! Sorry you’re also getting downvoted by idiots who think they can just play justice league.