US boxer Hannah Rapp struck and killed by driver while cycling, police say
The agency said Rapp and a fellow bicyclist were riding on a local road when Medina passed them in his car, stopped, and drove his vehicle in reverse. Medina then hit Rapp, and she was pronounced dead after emergency responders brought her to a hospital.
any cycling deaths a tragedy, seems this was intentional though ? what a cnut :(
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US boxer Hannah Rapp
dies after being struck by cartargeted and murdered by driver while cycling in TexasHe drove by, reversed and killed her and they’re calling it manslaughter?!?
Manslaughter? He stopped and reversed over her! That must be a murder charge, surely?
They can change the charge later - it's relatively common to start with a lower "easy to prove" charge and then increase it after an investigation. "Murder" likely needs some level of intent to be shown.
True, but... stop and then reverse. That's intent.
Intent to what though? Stop and chat? Intimidate? Go back to a turn they missed?
"See the car? Can't be murder, dummy. That'd be bad for profits if cars could what do a murder. You want car owner feel bad about accident boo-boo killing? No! No murder car, only bad fee-fees all around. Everyone sad, unavoidable death, so sad. No murder." -US Auto Manufacturers