Murder of a bicyclist.

[Doctor Phibes]

@Horace said in Murder of a bicyclist.:

narratives attached to out of context snapshots of facial expressions are generally garbage. I’m more than willing to give the lawyer the benefit of doubt.

Yes, you're right. Who knows what was happening here?

[Mik]

Whatever it is, laughter is out of place. he was flipping off the victim's family as well.

[George K]

@Mik said in Murder of a bicyclist.:

Whatever it is, laughter is out of place. he was flipping off the victim's family as well.

I was one of three defendants during a malpractice trial in 1996. Our attorney said, at the beginning of the trial, that although it's scary AF in the beginning, after a few days, you'll start to see and appreciate the "game" of it all. He was right.

But...

There was never, ever, that kind of behavior, either by plaintiff's attorney or ours.

Yeah, a picture can be taken out of context. But, they're both laughing, and I'd like to know what was so funny.

By the way, yesterday, I read that this was not the first hit and run that these two miscreants did that day. The other victim sustained minor injuries.

Lock them up. In a small cage. Forever. This is pure evil and needs to be removed from society. Forever.

[Mik]

Agreed.

[kluurs]

Yup - the world has plenty of people - a few fewer sociopaths on the outside isn't a bad thing. Back when the Soviet Union dissolved, columnist Mike Royko recommended saving money by shipping people like that to Soviet gullags as it would be cheaper to house them there - and if they escaped, they only had to walk through a few hundred miles of waist deep snow to freedom - which seemed unlikely.

[taiwan_girl]

@Horace said in Murder of a bicyclist.:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/las-vegas-teens-charged-in-hit-and-run-killing-of-bicyclist-that-was-allegedly-filmed-get-trial-date/ar-AA1iN7Hq?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=5643bf8d2efc455da46e6540a350ab95&ei=12

Caught and charged. Giving face tattoos a bad name.

@Horace said in Murder of a bicyclist.:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/las-vegas-teens-charged-in-hit-and-run-killing-of-bicyclist-that-was-allegedly-filmed-get-trial-date/ar-AA1iN7Hq?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=5643bf8d2efc455da46e6540a350ab95&ei=12

Caught and charged. Giving face tattoos a bad name.

I know a serious subject but a funny comment by you.

[taiwan_girl]

@George-K said in Murder of a bicyclist.:

Yeah, a picture can be taken out of context. But, they're both laughing, and I'd like to know what was so funny.

I remember in a training class, there was a story about (I think Cyprus) and when the Turkey leader met with the Greece leader, he told a joke right when they met. And he directed his photographers ahead of time to take a picture at that time so it looked like they were best friends even though they were kind of enemies on this subject.

[George K]

Unfit to stand trial

https://nypost.com/2024/10/12/us-news/vegas-teen-jesus-ayala-accused-of-killing-retired-police-chief-andreas-probst-in-hit-and-run-found-unfit-to-stand-trial/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=nypost

The Las Vegas teen accused of intentionally driving into a retired police chief as part of a violent, laughter-filled crime spree was deemed incompetent to stand trial for the deadly hit and run.

Jesus Ayala, 19, was ordered to a Nevada psychiatric hospital Wednesday for treatment to restore his competency, Chief Deputy Public Defender David Westbrook told the Las Vegas Review-Journal.

The order, issued by Eighth Judicial District Judge District Judge Christy Craig, was out of an “abundance of caution” and suspends criminal charges against Ayala.

Craig had previously alluded to finding the teen as competent, but Westbrook had requested state doctors to review a report from a neuropsychologist before an official ruling was made, according to the Review-Journal.

[Klaus]

Silly question but does the arm of the driver, which is briefly visible, look black?

[George K]

@Klaus said in Murder of a bicyclist.:

Silly question but does the arm of the driver, which is briefly visible, look black?

There's a picture of the driver with his attorney upthread.

Also in the article linked in the post above yours.

[Klaus]

@George-K said in Murder of a bicyclist.:

@Klaus said in Murder of a bicyclist.:

Silly question but does the arm of the driver, which is briefly visible, look black?

There's a picture of the driver with his attorney upthread.

Also in the article linked in the post above yours.

Ah, thanks. Hm, I've never quite understood what "Black" means, but that guy doesn't look very black to me. More like, I don't know, Mexican? Maybe some mixed heritage? Or is being "Black" a cultural thing these days?

[Doctor Phibes]

@Klaus said in Murder of a bicyclist.:

Ah, thanks. Hm, I've never quite understood what "Black" means, but that guy doesn't look very black to me. More like, I don't know, Mexican? Maybe some mixed heritage? Or is being "Black" a cultural thing these days?

Wasn't the driver the one on the right?

[Klaus]

@Doctor-Phibes said in Murder of a bicyclist.:

Wasn't the driver the one on the right?

No, according to the article it's the other way around.

[George K]

Ayala was the driver.