Midnight@slrpnk.net to THE POLICE PROBLEM@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoBar owner is arrested after St. Louis police officer crashes into his businesswww.seattletimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square22fedilinkarrow-up1123arrow-down14 cross-posted to: nottheonion@lemmy.world
arrow-up1119arrow-down1external-linkBar owner is arrested after St. Louis police officer crashes into his businesswww.seattletimes.comMidnight@slrpnk.net to THE POLICE PROBLEM@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square22fedilink cross-posted to: nottheonion@lemmy.world
minus-squareLufyCZ@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down6·11 months agoSo if I decide to crash into a tree, do I get charged with attempted murder? Even in cases of reckless driving, the charge is manslaughter, proving murder is gonna be hard unless there’s evidence of premeditation
minus-squarenuez_jr@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·11 months agoCrashing into a tree would be charged as treeson.
minus-squareNeato@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·11 months agoDeciding to crash into a person is attempted murder. People live in houses.
minus-squareLufyCZ@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down2·11 months agoThey crashed into a place of business (as said in the article) at 1230am. No people are around shops at that time. Your argument would never stand in court.
minus-squareLilB0kChoy@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoIt was a bar so it’s very likely there were people around but it would still be hard to prove intent to kill.
So if I decide to crash into a tree, do I get charged with attempted murder?
Even in cases of reckless driving, the charge is manslaughter, proving murder is gonna be hard unless there’s evidence of premeditation
Crashing into a tree would be charged as treeson.
Deciding to crash into a person is attempted murder. People live in houses.
They crashed into a place of business (as said in the article) at 1230am. No people are around shops at that time.
Your argument would never stand in court.
It was a bar so it’s very likely there were people around but it would still be hard to prove intent to kill.