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-Lurid Crime Tales-
Interstate Road Rage Ends With Self-Defense Shooting
2020-10-14
[Bearing Arms] A northern Kentucky man will not face any charges after officials ruled he was acting in self-defense when he shot and killed a man during an altercation on a busy interstate last Friday.

Joshua Taylor was on his way home from work when he crossed paths with John Patrick Abell, who was driving home after a day of fishing. Witnesses describe Abell driving aggressively, and eventually Taylor’s car and Abell’s SUV collided, sending Abell’s vehicle spinning until it came to a stop near an on ramp.

Taylor quickly got on the phone with 911 to report that he’d been involved in a wreck with another driver, and as he was on the phone with dispatchers, he described the driver approaching his own vehicle with a rifle in his hand. Dispatchers heard a brief argument between the two men before shots rang out.
Posted by:Besoeker

#10  B-L-D(on't)-A(lways)-Matter
Posted by: Boss Bumble8416   2020-10-14 12:55  

#9  If either of these were black,

As mentioned, Rifle Guy was black. I'm guessing Driver Guy was black too or there would be rioting and more news coverage.
Posted by: SteveS   2020-10-14 12:42  

#8  Meanness and Anger, poor driving, fishing habit, gun collecting, all successfully resolved. He's fully cured.
Posted by: Besoeker   2020-10-14 08:49  

#7  The dead rifle toting road rager is black.
Posted by: Gleamp Ulolutch2851   2020-10-14 08:44  

#6  If either of these were black, it would be front page news. As it is it's just local crime news which will be quickly buried.
Posted by: Muggsy Hapsburg5230   2020-10-14 08:21  

#5  Someone actually has to die before they remove the recidivist threat to the rest of society

And even that doesn't always happen, especially if the vehicular homicide while drunk perp is an unlicensed illegal gimmiegrant.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2020-10-14 08:06  

#4  Sound like too much?

Just sounds ineffective. So many licenses are pulled in my neck of the woods for repeated DUIs. They still keep driving, DUI. Someone actually has to die before the remove the recidivist threat to the rest of society. Yeah, we're an advance civilization that doesn't believe in human sacrifice, not.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2020-10-14 07:23  

#3  any chance "a day of fishing" involved alcohol?
Posted by: Frank G   2020-10-14 07:14  

#2  There are just to many loose nuts behind the wheel nowadays.

A law I'd love to see added.
After a Life threatening Road Rage occurs, the aggressor loses their Drivers License for Life on conviction.

Sound like too much?
The Liberals & Democrats have already did the same thing for firearms. Heck a person could have been convicted of any non-aggressive felony 40 years ago and be banned from owning a firearm for life.

In this case the law would ONLY actually ban violent persons from driving.
Posted by: NN2N1   2020-10-14 06:18  

#1  Can shots do something besides ring out?
Posted by: Richard Aubrey   2020-10-14 05:16  

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