You can pry this libertarian utopia out of my cold dead ha - CRUNCH

There’s a great Frontline episode on this, too. Terrifying and completely unsurprising that the trucking industry is fighting anything being done about it.

No blood on their hands on this day, but there already is plenty. I guess a few deaths aren’t worth the added expense, unlike other countries who put human life ahead of lobbyists who are against LPD (Lateral Protection Devices).

You can’t prosecute unless you stop them.

Nope. I don’t love criminals.

Steve, can you please show me in the article where it says that the suspect was a career criminal?

I can’t, because the slanted article didn’t report it.

“Duprey had more than a dozen arrests, most of them sealed, according to police sources. He was busted for drug possession in March and for assault in June 2022, both…

Let’s get both sides of the story.

https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/ny-bronx-buy-and-bust-knocked-off-scooter-nypd-sergeant-suspended-20230824-qz3tmrftu5bllfbuje4xx5anty-story.html

You have a lot of very bold claims without any evidence to back them up. Thug? How do you know this guy was in a gang or actually sold drugs or did criminal activity?

As a former rider myself, I would say he might be doing 35 mph tops (more likely 25).

That’s still pretty fast for riding on a GOD-DAMNED SIDEWALK. Former rider? You were probably one of those squids on a crotch-rocket splitting lanes at 110 mph.

His death is one of a limited list of predictable consequences when attempting to evade arrest. Unfortunate, and need not have happened, but, it’s not a tragedy.

That’s not a “death penalty”. That’s a “killed himself by making stupid choices”.

Prove it. Show your work.

Firstly, he was fleeing the cops, not deliberately mowing down pedestrians, so I have no idea what you’re going on about.

“He was a drug dealer and a career criminal who was blasting down a crowded sidewalk in New York City on a motorcycle.”

Yeah the sergeant is probably a POS too. Thing is though, if it was a bystander who hucked a cooler at him, the commentariat here would be applauding and saying cliches like “play stupid games, win stupid prizes” and “fuck around and find out”.

Nobody INTENDED to kill the guy on the bike. Nobody.

Ok, so if a guy is speeding down a crowded sidewalk knocking down people as he goes, you’re the one who would politely step aside and say, “By your leave, good sir.”

It’s not like a gang of cops shot him down in a hail of bullets or choked the life out of him. This is NO DIFFERENT than when they use a PIT maneuver on…

Just speeding down A FUCKING SIDEWALK is criminal enough.

Oh please. The thug on the bike is responsible for his own death. If I saw a thug on a bike speeding down a crowded sidewalk that I was on, I’d have hucked something at him too. I’d like to point out that he was going fast enough to get killed in the crash, he could have killed one or more people himself.

Not to justify tossing the cooler, but, there is no theory here - riding any motorized conveyance at a very high speed on a busy city sidewalk absolutely puts the pedestrians unfortunate enough to be in the area at serious risk of injury or death.
Duprey chose to run, always a high-risk decision when the police are…

He was a drug dealer and a career criminal who was blasting down a crowded sidewalk in New York City on a motorcycle. I feel more badly for the cooler and its contents.