The headline here still calls this thing a "crash," lumping it in with all the other car vs. bike stories. It's just an assault, it's just an attempted murder. Stop referring to it as a traffic accident!

Won't anyone think of the poor defenseless boulder?

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It's like that scene in Quicksilver where Gypsy ran over Voodoo.

Reymont,

The incident is still an alleged assault—Thompson hasn't been proven guilty of anything. Until a judge or jury decide what happened, I think the most accurate way to sum up this confusing incident in a headline is as a crash.

SMirk, I really think you should be asking the Multnomah DA why the charge isn't attempted murder. Wayne Conrad Thompson tried to murder Mike Luther.

To "Jesus Fucking Christ" - so, did someone pay you to blog that, or is that an "official" statement of the PPD...?

I mean, honestly, do you know the guy driving the car? I do, and he isn't the type to go off half-cocked and plow someone over, even if Luther had made a derogatory comment about Thompson's mother, who he had just dropped off at work.

Thompson was in a hurry and wasn't double checking like he should have, and just drove how he always drove - more concerned about being in the way of other drivers in the parking lot.

But if you'll look around on the web, there do seem to be an inordinate number of reports about Wayne's incident with Mark being tagged into a "follow-up" after a recent fatal accident in the same area.

An astute person would notice the paradigm. Someone's trying to wrap up two birds with one stone - *if* they could spin it just right... Plus, Wayne was apparently a "person of interest" for a number of other reasons, so this gave the PPD the perfect opportunity they've been waiting for to "shake that intelligence branch" and see what falls out.

Wayne was the one who called 911 for an ambulance for the guy, saying, "I just hit someone with my car!" in surprise.

Look into the back stories before you go posting that someone tried to kill somebody - you're obviously either politically or socially motivated and trying to load the jury full of drivel and horseshit about his "automatic guilt" - and trust me, they don't need the help. Modern "justice" is a machine - let it run its course.

Wait till its your turn to get cuffed - then you'll understand. ;)