• nocturne@slrpnk.net
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    9 days ago

    According to witness testimony presented during both the criminal and civil trials, Grossman and Erickson had been drinking at a local restaurant before leaving in separate vehicles. Attorneys for the Iskander family argued that the pair were street racing.

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      9 days ago

      Your quote actually made me go and read the article. Thanks a lot dude, I’m fucking pissed now.

      “The city’s role is significant as much as Ms Grossman’s and Mr Erickson’s. The city was on notice of the problem,” Grossman’s attorney, Esther Holm, said in court, referring to a previous complaint issued to the city.

      Ms. Holm, your client hit those kids in a crosswalk at 73 MPH. Are you really trying to say the city’s landscaping had equal responsibility in these deaths?