Brickbat: Reckless Driving
Prosecutors in Seattle are reportedly mulling charges against a police officer who struck and killed a pedestrian. Kevin Dave reached speeds of up to 74 mph while responding to a high priority call, but he had his siren "chirping" instead of running continuously. He struck Jaahnavi Kandula in a crosswalk in an area where the speed limit is 20 to 25 mph. Bodycam video shows Dave after the crash saying "I fucked up."
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Bodycam video shows Dave after the crash saying “I fucked up.”
See, this is why you never talk to the cops. I wonder if that incriminating statement will be thrown out on the grounds that Dave hadn’t been read his rights at the time.
Driving while cop
Bodycam video shows Dave after the crash saying “I fucked up.”
No further acknowledgement of culpability likely forthcoming.
Also, I would be interested to know the nature of the “high priority call” he was responding to.
“After the collision, Diaz said Dave was responding “as an EMT to a priority 1 emergency call,” implying that Dave was rushing to deliver life-saving emergency care. Subsequent reporting by PubliCola revealed that the caller had, in fact, used too much cocaine and was “freaking out” but lucid and standing outside his apartment as he waited for medics to arrive.”
https://publicola.com/2023/07/20/video-confirms-that-officer-was-going-74-mph-was-not-running-siren-when-he-killed-pedestrian/
I could care less what the “caller” was doing. What code was given by the dispatcher is what’s important here.
The dispatcher’s radio call to Officer Dave is included in one of the videos in the link.
Sounds like we’re just a few days, if not hours, away from a Reason article explaining how drug prohibition caused Jaahnavi Kandula’s death.
And how open borders would have solved that problem.
Has there been a previous case where a police officer ran someone over while traveling at exactly 74mph? No? Qualified Immunity then.
>>mulling charges
researching for whether copper can receive QI
Bodycam video shows Dave after the crash saying “I fucked up.”
Nobody Mirandized him, and he didn’t have the opportunity to talk with a lawyer. Blatant 5th/6th Amendment conflict!