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police officer killed by car

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  • October 5, 2015 at 9:24 pm #24888
    ciderman_100

    Amazing how much attention to the sad loss of a father of two has on the news tonight. Straight away it is murder, perhaps if they said it was careless or due care the driver would come forward. At what point does a death caused by a car become murder.

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    When you’re a police officer.

    so there you have it

    we live in a world that denotes the severity of the offence by the clothes you wear.

    Discuss

    my condolences to the family

    andy thomas victim of careless driving

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  • October 6, 2015 at 5:39 pm #861349
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    vonhelmet

    If they deliberately drove at
    If they deliberately drove at him, then murder seems a perfectly sensible change. Can the moaners not tell the difference between something intentional and something careless/negligent/accidental? Given how often we get the argument the other way around, I guess not.

    October 6, 2015 at 5:30 pm #861347
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    ChrisB200SX

    Again, “murder” used by the
    Again, “murder” used by the media today:
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-34457725

    October 6, 2015 at 4:51 pm #861345
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    Anonymous

    the jury will decide, and the
    the jury will decide, and the attention this case gets is fully justified – first police officer killed on duty in Greater Manchester in nearly 35 years I believe. Out there protecting the general public, there’s a time and place for other debate.

    October 5, 2015 at 10:32 pm #861343
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    ciderman_100

    So the argument of I didn’t
    So the argument of I didn’t see them would not work then.

    October 5, 2015 at 10:24 pm #861341
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    WiznaeMe

    Murder is an intentional
    Murder is an intentional criminal act where a person deliberately takes another persons life.

    Careless driving is a statutory offence where someone’s driving falls below the standard accepted as reasonable by a court/jury.

    The news reports are that the driver mounted a carriageway divider and drove straight at a person, reckless as to whether they would suffer great harm, and all to avoid arrest for theft.

    To suggest that the two are the same is clearly ridiculous.

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