@Isobel Archer wrote:
@eadu4 wrote:
The person the police have arrested (the driver) has an extensive felony record. They are still looking for 2 others that escaped that were in the car with him. It seems he was fleeing a crime he committed and found him self in the middle of the parade.
Yes, I wonder how soon this story will go from "deliberate slaughter" and "possible terrorism" to "just a horrible accident."
Mr Darrell Brooks didn't just find himself in the middle of a parade.
That image of someone just making an unfortunate wrong turn into a parade route is a lie.
The parade route was blocked off and barricaded.
Put yourself behind the steering wheel. You're facing a blocked off street, and seeing that, instead of taking the detour you think it's best to drive your vehicle through the barricades and barriers.
Now you're facing a Christmas Parade in progress. (This year's theme is "Comfort and Joy".)
Do you turn?
Back up?
Park the vehicle and disappear into the crowd?
No.
For a while you drive in the gap between watchers on the sidewalk and those parading in the street.
But you see that gap disappears ahead of you.
What will you do next?
According to witnesses you hit the accelerator and just drive through people like a bowling ball hits the pins.
That what happened.
That's what Mr Darrell Brooks did.
Nothing accidental about it.
At this point there are 5 dead and 40 injured.