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On September 17 2015 04:59 Plansix wrote: The number chances the school had to not be complete idiots during this is mind boggling. The fact that the police and school are stilling doubling down that they didn’t show terrible judgment and common sense is also pretty amazing.
Amazing to no one who went to public school in the last 10 years.
On September 17 2015 04:59 Plansix wrote: The number chances the school had to not be complete idiots during this is mind boggling. The fact that the police and school are stilling doubling down that they didn’t show terrible judgment and common sense is also pretty amazing.
Amazing to no one who went to public school in the last 10 years.
Having taught in public schools, I am a little surprised it got so far that they called the police. But this is Texas.
A YouTube video that went viral — showing a Ferrari LaFerrari and Porsche 911 GT3 tearing through residential streets of Beverly Hills; flying though stop signs while pedestrians waited to cross, narrowly avoiding other motorists — has caused outrage, with neighbors pleading with police to take action before someone gets hurt.
According to NBC4, the owner of said vehicles is claiming “diplomatic immunity,” telling a video journalist who asked for comment, “I could have you killed and get away with it.”
The name of the car’s owner has not been released, but he is rumored to be part of the Qatari royal family, and indeed the yellow LaFerrari — that boasts 950 hybrid horsepower and a price tag of $1.5 million — is registered to Qatar.
In the video the cars are seen screaming through residential streets, an area neighbors claim children play, before returning to the $10 million rented house in which the owner resides with smoke billowing from under the Ferrari’s hood. Video journalist Jacob Rogers told NBC4 he confronted the LaFerrari owner, and having been told he could effectively get away with murder due to his diplomatic status, he finished the brief interaction, according to Rogers, by saying, “’(Expletive) America’ and threw a cigarette at me.“
Local police are now investigating the incident which occurred last Saturday evening, telling Jalopnik that “It’s in the hands of the State Department now,” and, “Honestly, we don’t even know who was driving the Ferrari. All this driving occurred outside the presence of the police.”
Police did state that they have positively identified the driver of the Porsche.
As for the “diplomatic immunity” claims, if the correct credentialing is present, that could be a legitimate boundary to prevent the State Department from prosecuting the driver(s). It is possible for the official’s home country to waive immunity in the most serious of cases — such as in 2002 when a Colombian diplomat was prosecuted in London for manslaughter — but cases like this are rare. However diplomats may be expelled from a country where pleas to waive immunity have been denied.
In the case of the Beverly Hills LaFerrari/GT3 owner(s), time will only tell what punishment, if any, they receive. Despite the GT3 driver being identified, as of now, no charges have been made.
Hopefully something will be done about it before it's too late. In Poland attache of the Embassy of Kuwait did a hit and run, which resulted in a woman's death, and got away with it.
It has nothing to do with Texas. In my AP Comp Sci class (after the AP test we did basically nothing) the class Valedictorian for the year above me discovered a security flaw in the schools router and reported it. This flaw was so absurd anyone who looked could find it (the Comp Sci teacher replicated it to the Principal). The deans called him a hacker and suspended him, and tried to prevent him from walking at graduation. This is how schools operate. They overreact to everything, and the administrators are personally shielded from the financial repercussions caused by their idiocy.
Another kid got expelled for having a single loose shotgun shell in his trunk in the parking lot. The police tried to charge him for it as well, but the prosecutor declined the case.
On September 17 2015 08:00 xDaunt wrote: Santorum does know his shit, but I don't see him going anywhere. Republicans will make a huge mistake if they spit themselves on this Kim Davis crap.
The usual problem with the Republican party. Pandering to the outline while running away from the center and any chance to win an election.
On September 17 2015 04:59 Plansix wrote: The number chances the school had to not be complete idiots during this is mind boggling. The fact that the police and school are stilling doubling down that they didn’t show terrible judgment and common sense is also pretty amazing.
Amazing to no one who went to public school in the last 10 years.
Having taught in public schools, I am a little surprised it got so far that they called the police. But this is Texas.
Yeah same. I think it's far more of a Texas/ fearmongering/ cultural/ racist issue than something like "Psh typical public school." There are some awful and some amazing administrators and faculty in countless public and private schools.
A YouTube video that went viral — showing a Ferrari LaFerrari and Porsche 911 GT3 tearing through residential streets of Beverly Hills; flying though stop signs while pedestrians waited to cross, narrowly avoiding other motorists — has caused outrage, with neighbors pleading with police to take action before someone gets hurt.
According to NBC4, the owner of said vehicles is claiming “diplomatic immunity,” telling a video journalist who asked for comment, “I could have you killed and get away with it.”
The name of the car’s owner has not been released, but he is rumored to be part of the Qatari royal family, and indeed the yellow LaFerrari — that boasts 950 hybrid horsepower and a price tag of $1.5 million — is registered to Qatar.
In the video the cars are seen screaming through residential streets, an area neighbors claim children play, before returning to the $10 million rented house in which the owner resides with smoke billowing from under the Ferrari’s hood. Video journalist Jacob Rogers told NBC4 he confronted the LaFerrari owner, and having been told he could effectively get away with murder due to his diplomatic status, he finished the brief interaction, according to Rogers, by saying, “’(Expletive) America’ and threw a cigarette at me.“
Local police are now investigating the incident which occurred last Saturday evening, telling Jalopnik that “It’s in the hands of the State Department now,” and, “Honestly, we don’t even know who was driving the Ferrari. All this driving occurred outside the presence of the police.”
Police did state that they have positively identified the driver of the Porsche.
As for the “diplomatic immunity” claims, if the correct credentialing is present, that could be a legitimate boundary to prevent the State Department from prosecuting the driver(s). It is possible for the official’s home country to waive immunity in the most serious of cases — such as in 2002 when a Colombian diplomat was prosecuted in London for manslaughter — but cases like this are rare. However diplomats may be expelled from a country where pleas to waive immunity have been denied.
In the case of the Beverly Hills LaFerrari/GT3 owner(s), time will only tell what punishment, if any, they receive. Despite the GT3 driver being identified, as of now, no charges have been made.
Hopefully something will be done about it before it's too late. In Poland attache of the Embassy of Kuwait did a hit and run, which resulted in a woman's death, and got away with it.
I wish all the safety in the world to the people who have to be wary of those idiots
Jindal just sounds like another clueless Tea Party hack that wants to throw a temper tantrum whenever he doesn't get his way politically instead of actually doing a job and getting things done.
I really wish someone would call him out on how much of a shit hole Louisiana is when he talks about what he's done there.
On September 17 2015 08:38 Stratos_speAr wrote: Jindal just sounds like another clueless Tea Party hack that wants to throw a temper tantrum whenever he doesn't get his way politically instead of actually doing a job and getting things done.
I really wish someone would call him out on how much of a shit hole Louisiana is when he talks about what he's done there.
That was what I was thinking. I don't actually know what kind of state Louisiana is in right now, but he boasts "People talk about gutting spending, but we actually did it in my state."
My first thought was "ok, that's fine, how has it worked out?"
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