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Title: Off-Duty Cop Going 94 mph Kills Baby After Smashing into Car —Mom Charged with Homicide
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Free Thought Project
URL Source: http://thefreethoughtproject.com/of ... ng-94mph-mom-charged-homicide/
Published: Feb 28, 2018
Author: Matt Agorist
Post Date: 2018-03-02 06:31:29 by Deckard
Keywords: None
Views: 602
Comments: 13
Baton Rouge, LA — A mother has been grieving the loss of her baby for the last few months after an off-duty cop—recklessly driving 94 mph—smashed into her car, killing her daughter and injuring all the other occupants. Now, months after this officer took the life of her child, his fellow officers are charging HER with homicide. Brittany Stephens, 20, was arrested on Tuesday on charges of homicide—in spite of the fact that the officer caused the deadly crash. According to police, Stephens did not have the straps at the correct level in the car seat—something parents across the country are likely ‘guilty’ of—so she is responsible for her daughter’s death. Police said the “lack of securing the seat to the vehicle and the loose straps are a contributing factor in the death” of the child and “show gross negligence” on the mother’s part, according to the Advocate. What’s more, Stephens was not the driver of the vehicle. However, she told police that she was the one who strapped in her daughter, so now she is the one facing charges in her death. Stephens—whose baby’s life was ended by a reckless cop—was booked into the Baton Rouge prison on Tuesday on one count of negligent homicide and a seat belt violation. According to the report, three other adults were in the car and were all cited as well. As the Advocate reports, the crash occurred around 8 p.m. Oct. 12, 2017, when a Baton Rouge Police officer — driving his Corvette 94 mph while off duty — struck the Nissan carrying the four adults and four children. Officer Christopher Manuel was driving north on Airline Highway and crashed into the passenger side of the Nissan, which was turning left onto Florline Boulevard at a green light. Manuel was likely speeding because he knew he could simply flex his blue privilege and not get ticketed if a cop were to stop him. Indeed, he was afforded at least some blue privelege after taking this baby’s life. In spite of clearly being at fault in an accident that took an innocent baby’s life, Manuel was not charged until this month. He is facing a single count of negligent homicide and speeding. What’s more, this officer has been on paid leave the entire time as well. Although police have charged Stephens and Manuel, East Baton Rouge District Attorney Hillar Moore III said Tuesday his office has not yet determined whether Stephens or Manuel will face charges, but prosecutors “will review all reports, charges and arrests and make the appropriate decisions based upon facts and law,” according to the Advocate. Hopefully, a mother is not further punished for losing her child. Police car crashes are an unfortunately common reality. In fact, around the same time this officer smashed into the car and killed a baby, in a separate incident in California, a girl was killed after a collision with a Riverside sheriff’s car near Perris Boulevard and Nuevo Road. The deputy hit the pedestrian while responding to an unrelated call, said Riverside Sheriff’s Deputy Mike Vasquez. As TFTP reported last year, Joan Raye, 78, is lucky to be alive after a Franklin County Sheriff’s made the dangerous decision to speed over 80 mph through a neighborhood and plowed into her vehicle. In spite of the fact that the deputy hit her, however, this poor elderly woman, like Stephens, is now being charged with a crime for his negligence.
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#1. To: Deckard (#0)
Which means she turned into his path on a green light. How is this his fault? "Drivers turning left must yield to oncoming vehicles going straight."
Come on now misterwhite, a car traveling 94 mph barely registers when a person driving is looking to see if it is safe to turn. I would guess the speed limit is 35 mph, or the only way to turn left would be in a separate lane with a arrow signal. Instead of the need to look 100 to 150 foot down the road to check for traffic, they would have to look 300 feet or more. I don't know why I am even biting on this thread, but charging the person who incorrectly fastened a car seat? that is crazy in itself. THIS IS A TAG LINE...Exercising rights is only radical to two people, Tyrants and Slaves. Which are YOU? Our ignorance has driven us into slavery and we do not recognize it.
The driver of the Nissan had the green light - If the cop hadn't been speeding, there would have been no accident and subsequently no death. Officer Christopher Manuel was driving north on Airline Highway and crashed into the passenger side of the Nissan, which was turning left onto Florline Boulevard at a green light. So did he. She turned left into his path.
So you assume everyone is going the speed limit? That they'll stop at a stop sign? That they'll stop for a red light? I don't. But you can go ahead and do that and you'll be in the right. Dead right.
The child was in a car seat but it was not secured properly, Baton Rouge Police Sgt. Don Coppola Jr. told ABC News. The 2002 Xterra only seats five passengers yet four adults and four children were in the car, police said. “Ms. [Stephens] had told investigators that the car seat was placed on the console, wedged in between the two front seats of the vehicle,” Coppola said. Repeating: “The car seat was wedged in between the two front seats."
The child would still be alive had the badged "hero" not been doing 94 mph. That's the fact Jack. There is no “Baton Rouge prison.” There is an East Baton Rouge Parish prison where “criminals already convicted” serve their prison sentences. Stephens was booked into the East Baton Rogue Parish jail. TFTP knew this, but deliberately choose to use the inflammatory word, “prison.” This is so typical in the style of their yellow journalism articles.
The child would still be alive had the badged "hero" not been doing 94 mph. That's the fact Jack. And the child would still be alive had the driver not made a turn in front of oncoming traffic. And the child may still be alive had there not been four adults and four children packed inside the The 2002 Xterra only that seats five passengers. And the child may still be alive had the mother not simply placed the car sear on the console, wedged in between the two front seats of the vehicle....with NO straps. There you go, Doofus … BTW – And although the mother also violated the law. the DA has the option not to press charge and public sentiment will force him to drop the charge against her…I believe that will happen.
You possess a delirious mind, tater. You do not address primal causation at all but ramble on and on and on and on ......
Thank you. He has been charged. And I will continue to do that. If that bothers you….then you can go either ignore my posts, place me on bozo or just go fuck yourself.
Actually, you possess a deranged mind. I apologize for my potential earlier confusion, you dumb fuck.
Your personal insults are the tool of a fool and the last refuge of someone with low intelligence who knows they have no logical or valid point to present. Now, get lost …
"Officer Christopher Manuel was driving north on Airline Highway and crashed into the passenger side of the Nissan, which was turning left onto Florline Boulevard at a green light."
-- Rules of the Road
#2. To: misterwhite (#1)
#3. To: misterwhite (#1)
Which means she turned into his path on a green light. How is this his fault?
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
Those who most loudly denounce Fake News are typically those most aggressively disseminating it.
#4. To: Deckard (#3)
The driver of the Nissan had the green light
#5. To: jeremiad (#2)
Instead of the need to look 100 to 150 foot down the road to check for traffic, they would have to look 300 feet or more.
#6. To: Deckard (#0)
What’s more, Stephens was not the driver of the vehicle. However, she told police that she was the one who strapped in her daughter, so now she is the one facing charges in her death.
That is not what Stephens said. TFRP is adding spin to the story by using the words “strapped in.” Her daughter was NEVER strapped in.
#7. To: Gatlin (#6)
Repeating: “The car seat was wedged in between the two front seats."
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
Those who most loudly denounce Fake News are typically those most aggressively disseminating it.
#8. To: Deckard (#0)
... was booked into the Baton Rouge prison ...
TFTP is again using spin to make the situation sound demonstratively more horrifying and gain sympathy by stating Stephens “was booked into the Baron Rouge “prison.”
#9. To: Deckard (#7)
Repeating: “The car seat was wedged in between the two front seats."
That’s true. This is posted in no way to excuse what the cop did…. he was definitely in the wrong. He has been charged and will face trial. He violated the law.
#10. To: Gatlin (#9)
#11. To: buckeroo (#10)
You possess a delirious mind, tater.
That has been also said about Albert Einstein. You do not address primal causation at all ...
I definitely did that. You are not paying attention. I stated the cop was wrong and should be charged. ... ramble on and on and on and on ...
About the fallacies in the TFTP yellow journalism articles….yes.
#12. To: Gatlin (#11)
#13. To: buckeroo (#12)
Oh, I obviously pissed you off….GOOD.
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