Father Throws Chair at judge after Driver who Killed his Family got 120 Hours of Community Service

5 days ago by Hanrahan to c/fuckcars

red_bull_of_juarez 114 points 5 days ago

And now the father will get a harsher sentence than the killer?

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OwOarchist 43 points 5 days ago

Obviously.

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zqps 44 points 5 days ago

Should have thrown a car

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OwOarchist 11 points 5 days ago

Yeah, then he'd be fine, as long as he has insurance coverage and doesn't flee the scene.

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SaveTheTuaHawk 2 points 5 days ago

but have a few drinks first, so he can get off.

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FatVegan 39 points 5 days ago

Shoul've just waited and run her over with a car. 3 people gets you 120 hours, one surely only gives you 40

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Lehmuusa 0 points 5 days ago

The killer got 15 months in jail. Impossible to imagine somebody would get 15 months of jail for throwing a chair at a judge. So, almost surely not.

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Mr_WorldlyWiseman 10 points 5 days ago

Not until after the chair was thrown.

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Lehmuusa -2 points 5 days ago

If that affects it at all, it decreases the punishment the father will get. If the ruling had immediately been 15 months, the throwing would have been much less justified and whatever punishment he gets would be therefore harsher.

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neon_nova 78 points 5 days ago

That’s really crazy! Only 120 hours community service?

Does anyone know the details of what actually happened?

edit

I didn’t see the link to what happened at first.

The motorist killed the toddler and her 67 and 64-year-old grandparents instantly when he went off the road at 75mph in a 50mph zone.

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BillyClark 40 points 5 days ago

If I were the killer in that situation, not that I ever would be, I would actually want to be given a harsher sentence than that. Because what we just witnessed in that video is the creation of a vigilante. When the government won't seek justice for people whose lives are completely ruined, those people will seek justice themselves, and I don't want to receive that sort of justice.

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Lehmuusa 11 points 5 days ago

The good thing is, as the second link in the post says, the driver eventually did get a jail sentence of over one year.

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Agrivar 10 points 5 days ago

Still no where near long enough of a sentence.

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Lehmuusa -2 points 5 days ago

It has the desired effect in the society. I don't see much reason in spending money for a sentence harsher than what is needed to stop people from committing such crimes.

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neon_nova 0 points 5 days ago

I’m always a bit nervous when driving in cities that someone will jump in front of my car on purpose to get hit and scam me.

When I first saw this sentencing I wondered if that was what happened and it went wrong.

But clearly the system is just broken to only get such a small offense. I wonder if the defendant is related to someone powerful.

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Pomal 22 points 5 days ago

Ethics complaints, ethics complaints everywhere. This is beyond unacceptable.

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VonReposti 15 points 5 days ago

I think they finally fixed it in Denmark. That would be called hazardous driving and someone just got 4 years for killing someone due to it. The sentence was reduced since he showed remorse, could have gone all the way up to 10 years.

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TRock 1 point 5 days ago

Er det under vanvidskørsel loven?

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VonReposti 4 points 5 days ago

Artikel

Det er flettet ind i straffeloven:

§ 241. Den, som uagtsomt forvolder en andens død, straffes med bøde eller fængsel indtil 4 måneder eller under særligt skærpende omstændigheder med fængsel indtil 10 år. Er forholdet begået i forbindelse med spirituskørsel, overtrædelse af færdselslovens § 54, stk. 1 eller 2, særligt hensynsløs kørsel eller de groveste hastighedsovertrædelser, anses dette som en særligt skærpende omstændighed.

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TRock 2 points 5 days ago

Tak for info 🫡

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mrgoosmoos 59 points 5 days ago

The motorist killed the toddler and her 67 and 64-year-old grandparents instantly when he went off the road at 75mph in a 50mph zone.

yeah, fuck you. you lost control while speeding and you killed people as a direct result.

straight to prison, do not pass go, loss of license for five years when you get out with mandatory training before relicensing, plus restitution to the family.

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Dentzy 20 points 5 days ago

Honestly? If you get sentenced after having killed someone with a car, you should lose your license permanently.

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FlashMobOfOne -30 points 5 days ago

And deserves to be in a cell with Big Beautiful Bill.

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duckythescientist 35 points 5 days ago

How about we don't use rape as punishment

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dreadbeef -7 points 4 days ago

that's prison. thats the punishment prison does. dont like it? change prison. but sending people to prison is that.

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tomi000 1 point 3 days ago

Only in the muricas where retribution is a public fetish

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phoenixz 7 points 4 days ago

Y es, jecause rape is awesome now, apparently. At least you seem to think so

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new_world_odor 6 points 5 days ago

That's fucking disgusting. Pain for more pain. Blood for the blood god. MORE MEAT FOR ME!!!

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LuceVendemiaire 5 points 4 days ago

i hope people stay away from you

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arsCynic 40 points 5 days ago

The verdict is not only distasteful, but complicit in future tragedies.

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FinjaminPoach 36 points 5 days ago
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sapetoku -11 points 5 days ago

Easy to do in a minuscule, flat country.

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Leviathan 1 point 2 days ago

"There's Hills and distances here, better let motorists get away with murder"

Your weak-ass state of mind.

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zaubentrucker 22 points 5 days ago

Well the verdict has been appealed an the driver has been jailed now.

Calm down


Edit: This was meant for readers and commenters. I'm not telling the father in the video to calm down.

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asdfasdfasdf 18 points 5 days ago

The new verdict is still unbelievably unjust. And even if it were acceptable, we should be just as pissed at this judge and the system.

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fantacyde 13 points 5 days ago

Could have done without the calm down. It doesn't make right how the judge made such an absurd judgement the first go round. We will be calm if stupid 'punishments' aren't dished out in the first place. And if people became more responsible in the death boxes on the roadways.

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victorz 12 points 5 days ago

Who are you telling to calm down? Surely not the father.

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zaubentrucker 12 points 5 days ago

No I am talking to readers and the comments around me.

I'd obviously not have said that to the father.

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victorz 10 points 5 days ago

I figured as much, just making sure. 😅 All good, my friend.

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zaubentrucker 9 points 5 days ago

Ah, I see now how my comment can be read as a direct reply to the video :0

I'll specify in an edit

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20cello 19 points 5 days ago

Most of judges are merely tools nowadays, laws are compromised, we need to revolt

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Lehmuusa -2 points 5 days ago

Well, in this case the next level of the court system did increase the sentence to over one year of jail. As should be.

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MonkderVierte 18 points 5 days ago

That was more than 10 years ago. And also changed later. Fucking ragebait.

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sukhmel 2 points 4 days ago

Would be interesting to know if the driver kept breaking laws afterwards

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FlashMobOfOne 15 points 5 days ago

Bummer that the judge didn't take the chair square in the temple.

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Kind_to_Everyone 11 points 4 days ago

In 2014. In the Netherlands, the most bicycle safe country on the planet. After which the sentence was changed on appeal to four years in prison.

This sub is turning into ragebait for those who can't bother to read articles or research.

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Carrots -7 points 5 days ago
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just2look 14 points 5 days ago

Nothing in this video has anything to do with America...

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november -2 points 5 days ago
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just2look 11 points 5 days ago

So maybe comments about school shooters don't belong on a thread about someone killing a child and their grandparents with a car...

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november -8 points 5 days ago

This person's implication was that somebody should shoot that judge.

(It's not my opinion, but clearly I have to spell it out for you since you missed it.)

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