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While I agree she should be prosecuted, labeling a car a 'deadly weapon' goes beyong sensible reasoning. Maybe it's merely semantics, but still...
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What part of "anything you say can, and will be used against you" do people fail to understand?
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A deadly weapon is one which can inflict mortal or great bodily harm. Car: made of steel and capable of great speed. Human: soft and slow. I'd say the definition is well-met, an assessment supported by countless judges.
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But then a plane, train, forklift, any sort of machinery-- even a bicycle (!) can be construed to be a "weapon".
We humans are pretty damn frail, really.
Intent.
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GEDAY, MATE
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They will find this to be self defense. On one side we have a male that has twice confronted a driver and probably wasn't civil about it. On the other side we have a woman that was probably scared. Note that she stopped once the man was incapacitated instead of driving away.
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And wouldn't you know, Groce has been arrested twice in recent years, both on assault-related charges.
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@Ice Prez, yeah that is a factor. I don't think it justifies what she did, but we were not there and don't know how he approached her....its possible she felt physically threatened and reacted. There is a rumor she will not be charged
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She has been released and will not be charged according to KATU
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DIRK, while her actions could have been more measured, certainly, I think you still owe the girl an apology for plastering her mudshot - HUGELY - on your blog while not reporting all the facts.
You should have dug deeper into this story before painting anyone as evil.
Sorry dude....
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Dirk, you ride a fixie by chance?
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Hmmm... I know him.
He has always been nothing but kind to me and my wife too.
However, that don't change the fact the girl shouldn't have her face posted up like a FBI Top Ten Wanted List.
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I now read he says she was texting.....
That is unforgivable if true.
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It would be nice to get an update and the reasoning behind the decision not to press charges.
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Stories are reported as facts are gathered. If news outlets waited to report until all the facts were in, daily newspapers would go out of business in a month.

So it's annoying to constantly have readers who freak out at initial reports with limited information. If the information were incorrect, it'd be different. Stop trying to manage the press from afar.
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^^guspacho made a reasonable request and this is the freaking Mercury for gods sake! So, what do you do on the staff?
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Too bad Groce's mugshots weren't added to the story as well.
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I asked for an update, not to hold off on reporting anything until all the facts are in. Reading comprehension, people.
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You know, it's bad enough when the Oregonian runs a story about a driver deliberately attempting to smash a cyclist with their car and the grubby ultraconservative worms that infest their comments sections take the driver's side. I never imagined that all the same worms lived under the Mercury's rock as well.

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