I hate to play devil's advocate here, but if you actually listened to the video:
1 - The cyclist is the one who ran the red light. He wasn't even looking the right way...he is a complete dumb ass. 2 - The councilwoman was issued two citations for leaving the scene of an accident and for not reporting an accident. Given the limited injury, I am assuming this is a third-degree misdemeanor, or first-degree at worst. Definitely not felonies.
There will be no prison. Maybe the cyclist gets a small settlement in a civil case, but I doubt it.
Council people in major cities have done far worse and not resigned, so I bet she won't. I wouldn't if I were her.
She does sound like an entitled cunt in the towing flashback video though.
Dumbass cyclist. I used to bike to work and school. Bet yer ass my head was on a swivel and I rode with traffic and followed the laws.
Agreed. I used to ride my bike to work because I lived only 2.5 miles away and they had armed security on site.
Never got hit and never even came close to getting hit even during heavy city traffic. Just be aware of the shit going on around you and you can avoid even the distracted drivers.
"Someone is going to prison … " was the title on CitizenFreePress.com home page ... Which links to the article you saw. I did watch the video, I never said she ran a redlight. Yeah, CFP's link title might be a little over the top, but if the guy had died ...
Leaving the scene (with bodily injury) is a bit more severe than just leaving the scene of a fenderbender. Being a Dem, she was charged with the lesser "leaving the scene". Yes, this probably won't amount to much beyond vividly displaying her lack of concern for human life by driving away. I don't think she even touched the brakes after impact, I did not see red illumination on her taillights.
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