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moniss

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39. It doesn't matter if the pedestrian steps in front of you.

Reply to Dumpy (Reply #34)

Sat Jun 7, 2025, 03:10 PM

Jun 7

He had his hands on the hood of the vehicle for some time and the vehicle kept pushing forward. There is no legal defense for taking off once they knew he went down and they had been pushing him backward.

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ICE ran over protester in LA [View all] orangecrush Jun 6 OP

That's not ForgedCrank Jun 6 #1

It is still hit and run. nt moniss Jun 6 #2

Guy running backward and fell Dumpy Jun 7 #16

Any time and for any reason if a vehicle contacts a pedestrian moniss Jun 7 #19

Vehicle didn't contact a pedestrian Dumpy Jun 7 #34

It doesn't matter if the pedestrian steps in front of you. moniss Jun 7 #39

The vehicle didn't hit him. Dumpy Jun 7 #40

Absolutely correct k_buddy762 Jun 6 #5

He sure is. Swede Jun 6 #6

Message auto-removed Name removed Jun 7 #12

Morning Sunshine! GP6971 Jun 7 #15

lol what on earth WhiskeyGrinder Jun 7 #13

Protests do NOT just happen on sidewalks. MineralMan Jun 7 #14

Protests do ForgedCrank Jun 7 #17

Nope. Sorry. MineralMan Jun 7 #18

Sorry about? ForgedCrank Jun 7 #20

My comment, like your post, is my opinion. MineralMan Jun 7 #27

You are correct. ForgedCrank Jun 7 #37

The violent mob is the one roaring into communities, sowing militarized terror and tearing families apart, and it must WhiskeyGrinder Jun 7 #21

I believe ForgedCrank Jun 7 #22

You're right, I forgot to mention the violence of a criminal response for a civil matter, the violence of defunding WhiskeyGrinder Jun 7 #23

While I ForgedCrank Jun 7 #24

I was typing a line-by-line response to your post until I got to this one: WhiskeyGrinder Jun 7 #25

Exactly. MineralMan Jun 7 #28

Protip: k_buddy762 Jun 7 #29

Protip: WhiskeyGrinder Jun 7 #30

So post them. k_buddy762 Jun 7 #32

The real truth ForgedCrank Jun 7 #38

Awful. Left a man lying on the ground and took off fast. AloeVera Jun 6 #3

Exactly. The day we start trying to B.See Jun 7 #7

crowds and vehicles are incongruent k_buddy762 Jun 6 #4

So are barricades and vehicles. orangecrush Jun 7 #11

That's why ICE wears masks IronLionZion Jun 7 #8

I was thinking the same about trials. In a correctly run U.S., these "agents" would be brought to court eventually... C Moon Jun 7 #9

The newscasters are absolutely unbelievable fascist idiots Prairie Gates Jun 7 #10

And this is just the beginning. J_William_Ryan Jun 7 #26

"Protest" isn't necessarily confined to following the rules. David__77 Jun 7 #31

It was not wrong to say abolish ICE Passages Jun 7 #33

Protest on the sidewalk? Not always. cbabe Jun 7 #35

Do we ever find out what the hardened criminals they're after actually did? OneGrassRoot Jun 7 #36

ICE doesn't care flamingdem Jun 7 #41

Where's "a good guy with a gun" when you need one ???? Jack Valentino Jun 7 #42