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Dawit Kelete, 30, pleads guilty to multiple charges after hitting two protesters, one fatally, during 2020 protest in Seattle

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[–] rafoix@kbin.social 9 points 11 months ago (1 children)

6 years in prison and 18 months probation for murdering an innocent person for expressing their right to protest.

This person should not be allowed to drive for the rest of his life.

[–] stopthatgirl7@kbin.social 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Well, no. He claims he was in withdrawal from Percocet at the time, and had been remorseful and asking about the people he hit immediately. He also said the cops should’ve closed off the roads to keep the protestors safer. He deserves all his jail time, but I don’t think he was intentionally going after people for protesting.

[–] Blakerboy777@kbin.social 7 points 11 months ago

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@rafoix I'm confused about the defense of "they should have closed off the roads". He drove around a barricade according to the story, so it sounds like it was shut off. Also just kind of weird to say "yes, I intentionally ran into those people, but the cops should a have done a better job of stopping me." He didn't negligently hit them, right? It was on purpose? You can try to share some blame when an accident happens and say <i>. But it doesn't work when you're actually trying to cause harm.