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Janice Johnson · 11-25-2021, 03:35 AM

I was watching a music video where a Rapper's Fans chase him and he in his haste to get away from them, ran right in front of a car and got run over. Even though the Music Video was fictional, I do wonder what Charges someone could face if they inadvertently cause someone to run right in front of a car and get run over. Would this be Manslaughter, deemed a pure unintended accident, or Negligent Homicide? Caroline said Negligent Homicide is more like killing someone by doing what was supposed to be an innocent prank, like hiding a mustard seed in someone's food who claims to be allergic to mustard, thinking the allergic person was lying for attention and they go into analyphytic shock and die.

GentlemanJim · 12-24-2021, 12:40 PM

You run into an interesting conflict of priorities here.

What is the primary purpose of our criminal justice system?

To rehabilitate offenders? To make guilty parties suffer? To deter other citizens from committing similar offenses? To give victims and their immediate cult of interests, a sense of "closure"? To maintain an active program of racial opression by chronically favoring one set of offenders over another (if you listen to some sources they are CERTAIN that this is the case)

I'd sAY THAT the reason the fans were chasing him was key to any proper answer.

Did the rapper do anything to provoke the chase? or is this just a "fan idolation" type thing? Details matter.

11-25-2021, 03:35 AM	#1
Janice Johnson Commercial Lover Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: May 30, 2003 Location: Miami, Florida Posts: 4,738	Charges for causing a death you didn't mean? I was watching a music video where a Rapper's Fans chase him and he in his haste to get away from them, ran right in front of a car and got run over. Even though the Music Video was fictional, I do wonder what Charges someone could face if they inadvertently cause someone to run right in front of a car and get run over. Would this be Manslaughter, deemed a pure unintended accident, or Negligent Homicide? Caroline said Negligent Homicide is more like killing someone by doing what was supposed to be an innocent prank, like hiding a mustard seed in someone's food who claims to be allergic to mustard, thinking the allergic person was lying for attention and they go into analyphytic shock and die.

12-24-2021, 12:40 PM	#2
GentlemanJim Concerns, Support, & Feedback Forum Veteran Join Date: Dec 26, 2019 Location: The back country Posts: 5,443	You run into an interesting conflict of priorities here. What is the primary purpose of our criminal justice system? To rehabilitate offenders? To make guilty parties suffer? To deter other citizens from committing similar offenses? To give victims and their immediate cult of interests, a sense of "closure"? To maintain an active program of racial opression by chronically favoring one set of offenders over another (if you listen to some sources they are CERTAIN that this is the case) I'd sAY THAT the reason the fans were chasing him was key to any proper answer. Did the rapper do anything to provoke the chase? or is this just a "fan idolation" type thing? Details matter.
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